Artworks

Chinese lion

Artwork · Chōjirō · 1574 · sculpture · Raku Museum

An ornamental lion dated by inscription to 1574 and bearing the name of Chōjirō (1516–1592), the potter credited with the creation of raku ware, who began as a maker of roof tiles and the animals placed along ridges. 1 Mason 2005, p. 251, fig. 286. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.