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The brown iron-oxide glaze in combination with the underglaze cobalt blue often, though not exclusively, appears on porcelain meant for the internal Japanese market.
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Title: Bowl with Flowering Cherry Branch Design
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1730
Culture: Japan
Medium: Porcelain with iron-oxide glaze and underglaze cobalt-blue decoration (Hizen ware, Kutani type)
Dimensions: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Accession Number: 93.3.337
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