Tea bowl

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Period
1868-1912 -
Geography
Kochi, Kochi prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with cobalt decoration under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 7.3 x 11.3 x 11.3 cm (2 7/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1989.67 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1989.67
Object Details
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Artist
Morita Uruo Mitsunaga (d. 1914) -
Description
Tea bowl with designs of hawk in pine tree and pair of Chinese scholars.Clay: buff pottery, darkened on surface by use.Glaze: clear, appearing buff over clay body, fine even crackle; ending evenly on base above foot.Decoration: comma-shape trimmed inside straight-sided footrim. In blue-gray underglaze cobalt line and wash; on one side, section of pine trunk with hawk on branch; on opposite side, pair of elderly Chinese scholars seated face-to-face; both motifs in style of the Kano school. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023) -
Origin
Kochi, Kochi prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Vessel -
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