Bowl and Cover

Minpei Japanese
1840
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl and Cover
  • Artist: Minpei (active 19th century)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1840
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Porcelaneous ware covered with a finely crackled glaze over which is a black enameled glaze (Awaji ware)
  • Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
  • Object Number: 93.3.305a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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