Tea Bowl
ca. 1750-1850 (made)
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Tea bowl of stoneware, with clear glaze and decoration in underglaze cobalt blue.
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware with decoration in underglaze blue |
Brief description | Tea bowl, stoneware painted in underglaze blue; Japan, Seto/Mino, Edo period, ca. 1750-1850 |
Physical description | Tea bowl of stoneware, with clear glaze and decoration in underglaze cobalt blue. |
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Gallery label | TEA BOWL
Stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in underglaze cobalt blue
Seto ware (Ofuke type; sometimes referred to as Gempin type)
JAPANESE; c.1750-1850
179-1877(As at 2005) |
Object history | Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, 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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Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 20 |
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Accession number | 179-1877 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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