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A black Raku-ware chawan (tea bowl) Edo period (late 18th/early 19th century)
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$875 inc. premium
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A black Raku-ware chawan (tea bowl)
Edo period (late 18th/early 19th century)
The hand-formed bowl with a slightly concave mouth and an impressed zig-zag pattern on the exterior, covered overall with a lustrous black Raku glaze with subtle hints of copper red
3in (7.6cm) high; 4 1/4in (10.8cm) diameter
The hand-formed bowl with a slightly concave mouth and an impressed zig-zag pattern on the exterior, covered overall with a lustrous black Raku glaze with subtle hints of copper red
3in (7.6cm) high; 4 1/4in (10.8cm) diameter
Footnotes
Provenance:
Purchased in Tokyo, 1959
Bonhams is pleased to offer works of art from the collection of Mark S. Pratt. With deep family roots in Salem, Massachusetts, and as a relative of Frederick Townsend Ward (1831-1862), Mark Pratt developed an interest in Chinese culture from an early age. A lifelong art collector, Mr. Pratt's distinguished United States State Department career afforded continuous opportunities for building an important Asian art collection over the course of sixty years.
Mr. Pratt made his first Chinese art purchase in 1947 while stationed in Qingdao with the United States Navy. Following his two year service with the Pacific Fleet, and with academic training at Harvard University, Brown University, the Sorbonne, and Georgetown University, Mark Pratt joined the United States Foreign Service in 1956; his initial posting was at the United States Embassy in Tokyo from 1957 to 1959. Moving to Taichung, Taiwan to continue Chinese language study in the years 1959-1960, his next station was Hong Kong, serving as the Mainland Economic Officer at the United States Embassy until 1963. With later posts in Laos and Paris, Mark Pratt was head of the Taiwan desk prior to finishing his career as Consul General at the Guangdong Consulate in 1989, his retirement ending three years' service in that position. Many objects from the Pratt collection are now coming to the market for the first time in fifty years.