Small bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Small bowl (maruwan) with ash glaze, temmoku-type carved foot.

  Glaze: ash glaze.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  ogama kiln, possibly Ogaya district, Kani city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1580s

• Place

  Kani city, ogama kiln, Ogaya district, Japan, Gifu prefecture

• Topic

  Mino ware, Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Japanese Art, Glazed, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)