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Set of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

1700s-1800s

school of Ogata Kenzan

(Japanese, 1663–1743)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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
Location: Not on view

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.
  • In the Nature of Materials, Japanese Decorative Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 18-February 20, 1977).
    Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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