One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design (1700s to mid-1800s): Art, History and Details

One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design (1700s to mid-1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design
• Date: 1700s to mid-1800s
• Creator attribution: Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration
• Dimensions: Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Each side: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1963.508.4

Collection credit

Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund

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