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One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

1700s to mid-1800s
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.
  • Later Japanese Art Rotation; Februaary 10, 2003
    "Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics," The Duke University Museum of Art, March 15-May 5, 1986.
    "In the Nature of Materials--Japanese Decorative Arts," CMA. Jan. 18-Feb. 27, 1977, cat. #2.
    Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1963.508.2