Bowl
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Bowl for washing wine glasses, cylindrical, with raised bamboo leaves and white Japanese characters on deep blue ground. The inside is painted with flowers in underglaze blue. The inscription, 'Aki Kaze shi yu chiri' means, 'The Autumn winds brown the leaves of the bamboo, and appear to cover them with the dust they raise'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Bowl for washing wine glasses, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Japan, Seto/Mino |
| Physical description | Bowl for washing wine glasses, cylindrical, with raised bamboo leaves and white Japanese characters on deep blue ground. The inside is painted with flowers in underglaze blue. The inscription, 'Aki Kaze shi yu chiri' means, 'The Autumn winds brown the leaves of the bamboo, and appear to cover them with the dust they raise'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscription: 'Aki Kaze shi yu chiri'
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| Gallery label | Bowl (Haisen)
Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
JAPANESE (Mino ware); about 1850-1875
607-1877(As at 2005) |
| Object history | Purchased from Londos & Co., accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | 607-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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