Hyakken kiln site, Yamauchi, Saga prefecture, Japan
Date:
1610-1660
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Cylindrical bowl, waster.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: clear.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Scrolling vine patterns over entire body and part of chrysanthemum? Faint double bowstring line around the base. Very white, possibly artificial cobalt, a late piece.