Bowl

Object Details

• Artist

  Kizan

• Description

  Bowl on low foot. Satsuma ware, "brocade" style (Nishiki-de).

  Clay: hard, fine, cream-colored, so-called "faience."

  Glaze: finely crackled, clear.

  Decoration: painted in gold and overglaze enamel colors; stylized small birds (chidori) covered with textile patterns over waves, also patterned. Design continues over rim onto exterior.

  Mark: rectangular, gold on black, Kizan (unidentified).

• Marks

  Rectangular, gold on black, Kizan (unidentified).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harold P. Stern

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1940s, 1900s

• Name

  Kizan

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Kyoto ware, Satsuma ware, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)