One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

Cleveland Museum of Art

One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

Ogata Kenzan

Date
1700s to mid-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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