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Catalog Data

Medium:
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions:
W: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in)
Style:
Arita ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
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.
Mark: none.
Collection:
Freer Study Collection
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Arita ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
porcelain  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of John A. Pope
Accession Number:
FSC-P-1246
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38382693d-58c4-4f88-a6ff-bd516ce57330
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-1246