Flaring bowl, fragment

Flaring bowl, fragment.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: clear. Grit adhesion of foot, glazed inside.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Overall horizontal stripes, darker at intervals, overalid by sprigs of bamboo. Double band around rim and bamboo leaf inside.
Mark: none.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1610-1660
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Style
Arita ware
Dimensions
W: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Yamauchi, Hyakken kiln site
Credit Line
Gift of John A. Pope
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-1222
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl (fragment)

Keywords
Arita ware, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Flaring bowl, fragment.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: clear. Grit adhesion of foot, glazed inside.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Overall horizontal stripes, darker at intervals, overalid by sprigs of bamboo. Double band around rim and bamboo leaf inside.
Mark: none.

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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