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Pair of tea bowls: Ikezuki (red) and Surusumi (black),

late 17th–early 18th century

Raku Sōnyū 樂宗入, 1664–1716
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2024-416 a-b

Information

Title
Pair of tea bowls: Ikezuki (red) and Surusumi (black)
Dates

late 17th–early 18th century

Medium
Raku pottery with red and black glaze
Dimensions
Red bowl: h. 9 x diam. 11 cm. (3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.) Black bowl: h. 9 x diam. 12 cm. (3 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Object Number
2024-416 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Subject

1985 – present Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
1985 Purchased by Danzigers from Mitochu, Tokyo
1941 - ? Collection of Uchimoto Jiryô, Fukuoka City
1941 Purchased by Uchimoto from dealer Mon Hojiro, Kyoto
? Mon Hojiro documented that the former owner was head of an old family of textile merchants from the Nishijin district of Kyoto
1867 Sold at a dealer’s auction in Fushimi-cho, Osaka, to unknown buyer.