Bowl with Face of Uzume

Kenzan IV Japanese

ca. 1840

Not on view

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Title: Bowl with Face of Uzume
Artist: Kenzan IV (Japanese,) (?)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1840
Culture: Japan
Medium: Modeled in relief and covered with a crackled glaze (Tokyo ware, Kenzan style)
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Object Number: 36.120.627
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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