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Apr 6, 2006

Set of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

Set of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

1700s-1800s

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school of Ogata Kenzan

(Japanese, 1663–1743)

Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration

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

Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund 1963.508

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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.

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