Tea Bowl

Item number 2897/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Large lacquer tea bowl. The inside of the bowl is solid orange-red. The outside of the bowl has an elaborate design in green, black and light orange against an orange-red background. There is a stripe patterned border around the top and bottom of the central design. The border has alternating orange-red, black and light orange stripes. Within the border is an abstract, curvilinear design in green and orange-red which is set on an orange-red, light orange and black background in a pattern made of dots. The curvilinear lines form frames, 6 in total. In each frame there is one animal painted on a solid black background. Elephants are depicted in 3 of the frames painted in profile in orange-red and light orange. There are abstract circular designs around the elephant’s core. An unidentified woodland animal is represented in the remaining 3 frames depicted in orange-red, light orange and green. This creature is sitting in profile. It has a large tail, long neck and pointed ears. The bowl has a small foot, all black inside.