CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE TEA WARES

FREE DISPLAY

3 October 2017 - 14 January 2018

Gallery 36

The preparation of tea in a formal 'ceremony' has been practiced in Japan since the 1400s. This display was one of several events organised at the Ashmolean for the international Arethé Festival, which spotlights the arts of Japanese tea today.

 

 

Contemporary Japanese Tea Wares on display
Tsujimura Shirō (b. 1947), Ido stoneware tea bowl © Tsujimura Shirō

Tsujimura Shirō (b. 1947), Ido stoneware tea bowl © Tsujimura Shirō

Contemporary Japanese Tea Wares on display
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation