The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 16, 2022

One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

1700s to mid-1800s

Part of a set. See all set records

school of Ogata Kenzan

(Japanese, 1663-1743)

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)

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.)

Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund 1963.508.5

Location

not on view

Description

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.

Exhibition history

"In the Nature of Materials--Japanese Decorative Arts," CMA. Jan. 18-Feb. 27, 1977, cat. #2.

"Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics," The Duke University Museum of Art, March 15-May 5, 1986.

Later Japanese Art Rotation; Februaary 10, 2003

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

Asian Occasion. Cleveland Home and Flower Show, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-11, 1973).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1963.508.5