The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Tea Bowl with Decoration of Gingko Leaves

Art Object

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Tea Bowl with Decoration of Gingko Leaves

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: kiln in operation ca. 1691–1749
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Stoneware with cobalt-blue design over brushed white slip (Utsutsugawa ware)
Dimensions:: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. of rim 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. of foot 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession Number:: 36.120.501

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Description

The eye-catching application of white slip creates an unusual textured patterning of puffy cloudlike forms on the exterior and a web of wispy-veined leaves on the interior.
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Metal (59,364)

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Asia (68,071)

Japan (21,819)
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A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
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