[Rakuyaki] = [Raku pottery]

1700 · 6 pictures

A Japanese manuscript from around 1700 on Raku pottery, a handwritten and hand-drawn catalogue of tea ceremony vessels that potters and collectors would have used for reference. The pages show ink sketches of water jars, flower vases and other utensils with annotations in Japanese, offering a designer a study of simple, asymmetric ceramic silhouettes with hand-lettered labels.

Raku pottery · Japanese tea ceremony · Utensils · Potters

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