Unfinished tea bowl or a saggar cover, base fragment
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Period
1610-1660 -
Geography
Hyakken kiln site, Yamauchi, Saga prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware? -
Dimension
W: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
FSC-P-1374 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-1374
Object Details
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Description
Saggar cover or possibly a bisqued and discarded start of a tea bowl (foot incorrectly cut).Clay: stoneware?Glaze: none.Decoration: none.Mark: none. -
Collection
Freer Study Collection -
Origin
Hyakken kiln site, Yamauchi, Saga prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Yokota -
Type
Vessel -
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