
Cleveland Museum of Art
Set of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design
Ogata Kenzan
- Date
- 1700s-1800s
- Medium
- Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Note the rough, tan, clay bodies of these bowls with their deliberate irregularities. The design of branches was first painted in a black iron oxide, then the blossoms and buds in a white slip, followed by the application of a very thin transparent overglaze.
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