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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Tea Bowl

Now On View

Description

Maker

Culture

Japanese

Title

Tea Bowl

Year

1800s

Medium

Stoneware with glaze and enamels

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Stoneware with glaze and enamels

Materials

stoneware, glaze

Geography

Origin: Japan, Edo Period, 1615-1868

Dimensions

7.6 x 10.3 cm (3 x 4 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in square.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

1999.50.2

Type

Ceramics

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries

Jun 10, 2014

Label copy

Phoenixes weave between scrolling vines and flowers in this tea bowl. Known as Banko ware, these Japanese ceramics were painted with red and green enamels to resemble Chinese overglaze enameled porcelains.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Tea Bowl, 1800s

Stoneware with glaze and enamels

7.6 x 10.3 cm (3 x 4 1/16 inches)

Jesse Metcalf Fund 1999.50.2

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