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Tea Bowl

  • Korea Chosŏn dynasty, 16th century
  • h: 7.7-8.2cm md: 15.0-16.0cm bd: 5.3cm
  • [40271]

This tea bowl is known as Amamori type. The term "amamori," literally rain leaks, refers to the fact that the bowl was fired only gently and water can seep into the body of the work through the bubbles in the glaze, staining the work with spots that look like rain leaks on a wall.

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