Guided tour: "Du Bol! "Museum of Decorative Arts

“Du bol ! - Through the Asian collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs".

By Béatrice Quette, curator, in charge of the Asian and non-Western collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs - Paris.

On the occasion of the 6th edition of the Printemps asiatique, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs presents from June 7 to July 9, 2023, 150 bowls chosen from its Asian collections. An archetypal form of the table in Asia, the bowl can be dedicated to several uses or intimately linked to a particular practice. The richness of the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs' ancient and contemporary holdings offers a wide range of bowls, along with their essential accessories. The "tokonoma unit", a removable alcove in a tea house created by the Yamasho company in Kyoto, is exceptionally presented on this occasion. This presentation of nearly 250 Chinese, Japanese and occasionally Korean objects…