Ceramic process / non-ranked reference
Raku Tea Bowl
Rapid heat and cooling shape a thick-walled vessel, but Japanese and Western raku are not interchangeable traditions.
Summary
Hand-built body · rapid firing · open cooling. This page connects visible form to an institutional record without reproducing protected object imagery.
Form and material
The V&A explains the thermal shock and characteristic rapid sequence of historic raku tea bowls.
What remains interpretive
Surface drama alone cannot identify tradition, workshop or value; terminology should follow the object record.
Official or institutional sources
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