瀬戸黒茶碗　「鉄槌」|Black Seto (Seto-guro) Tea Bowl, named Iron Mallet (Tettsui)

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late 16th century · Stoneware with black glaze (Mino ware, Black Seto type) · Asian Art

Some of the finest tea wares of the Momoyama period, including Black Seto, were produced in the Mino kilns in Gifu Prefecture. Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591), the influential arbiter of the aesthetics of tea, preferred “imperfect,” spontaneously potted domestic ceramics and used them as the basis of the simple and austere wabi style.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 16th century

Medium

Stoneware with black glaze (Mino ware, Black Seto type)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015