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This porcelain bowl was produced at a regional kiln in the regions of Gimhae-si, Jinhae-si, Jinju-si, Sacheon-si, and Gonmyeong-myeon in southwestern region of Gyeongsangnamdo in the 16th century, Joseon. Such bowls were known to the Japanese as “ido (井戶)” tea bowls and treated as luxury items. Though this bowl was intended to be made as a white porcelain bowl, the numerous impurities stuck to its surface tinged the surface with brown. Refractory spur marks remain on the inner base and the foot. There is a large number of pinholes on the foot and lower part of the wall, and impurities stuck inside the pinholes appear like dotted decoration. There are traces of glaze running, some of which were caused by melting and flowing down. Although this was previously classified as a Japanese artifact, it is thought to have been produced in Korea and later used in Japan as a tea bowl. Therefore, the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation newly added this bowl as a Korean object after a careful examinat
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Tea Bowl, 'ido chawan' type
16th century
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.535
Round base bowl on a tall straight foot ring, covered in a dark brown-black glaze with subtle hare's fur markings (兔毫盏 <em>tuhao zhan</em>).
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
960 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.10
This deep, conical bowl rests on a straight foot ring with subtle rim articulation. It is covered in a thickly applied dark iron-rich brown-black glaze with hare's fur or <em>tuhao zhan (兔毫盏 ) </em>markings. The thick glaze pools in one black drip lowering onto the exposed base. The interior surface has a crackle glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1127 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.8

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Tea Bowl
1900 – 1932
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.93
A deep, conical bowl on a straight foot ring, with subtle rim articulation. It is covered in a thickly applied dark iron-rich black glaze with silver-gray mottling. There is a stress crack from firing to rim and side. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1127 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline J. Plumer
1983/1.119
A shallow bowl on a tall straight foot ring, covered in a thick brown-ochre glaze. The too-thick misfired glaze crawling and blistering away from the underlying clay body.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1127 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline J. Plumer
1983/1.123
A deep, conical bowl on a straight foot ring with subtle rim articulation.  It is covered in a thickly applied, dark iron-rich black glaze with profuse lighter russet-brown hare's fur (兔毫盏 <em>tuhao zhan</em>) markings.  The thick glaze thins at the rim to a russet-brown color and pools near the foot ring in dark wide drips.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1200 – 1279
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle Bouchard Hanna
1991/2.10

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Raku Style Red Tea Bowl with 'Raku' Seal
19th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.85
A small round bowl on a tall straight foot ring, made from brown stoneware covered in a thick brown glaze with gray mottling. The too-thick glaze is crawling away from the underlying clay body.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
13th century
The James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1983/1.439
A curved, roughly round-shaped shard with black glaze and russet hare's fur markings. Broken edges expose a grey ceramic body, fused to a saggar shard.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Shard
960 – 1279
The James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1983/1.342
A curved, roughly round-shaped shard with black glaze and russet mottling. Broken edges expose a gray-brown ceramic body.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Shard
960 – 1279
The James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1983/1.343
A conical bowl on a tall straight foot ring.  It is covered in a thick dark brown-black glaze, with a fine crackle covering the glazed surfaces, and three gold lacquer repairs have been applied to losses at rim. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1100 – 1279
Gift of Marvin Eisenberg
2006/2.81
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