One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

Description

Note the rough, tan, clay bodies of these bowls with their deliberate irregularities. The design of branches was first painted in a black iron oxide, then the blossoms and buds in a white slip, followed by the application of a very thin transparent overglaze.

Provenance

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One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

Ogata Kenzan

1700s to mid-1800s

Accession Number

1963.508.5

Medium

Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration

Dimensions

Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Each side: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund