Bowl, fragment of base

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, fragment.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear, with pale gray tint. Unglazed patches on the foot showing pigment underneath.

  Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Artemesia leaf on the inside. Roundel on the outside. Two closely spaced lines on the foot.

  Mark: none. Inscription on base.

• Inscriptions

  "Nakashirakawa" inscribed in black grease paint by John A. Pope.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Naka Shirakawa kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. John Alexander Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Place

  Naka Shirakawa kiln site, Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Arita ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)