Set of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

1700s-1800s

Ogata Kenzan

Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743)

Japanese Art

Set of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design, 1700s-1800s. School of Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743). Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration; overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); each side: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund 1963.508

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Ogata Kenzan
Classification: Ceramic
Formatted Medium: Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration
Medium: kyoto, ware, stoneware, underglaze, iron, oxide, slip, decoration
Dimensions: Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Each side: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signature on bottom, 3 characters in brown iron.
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1963.508
Credit Line: Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund
Exhibitions: Year in Review (1963), In the Nature of Materials, Japanese Decorative Arts
Rights Statement: CC0