Teabowl

Sonyu Japanese

ca. 1710

Not on view

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Title: Teabowl
Artist: Sonyu (Japanese, died 1725)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1710
Culture: Japan
Medium: Clay with lustrous black glaze (Raku ware)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Diam. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Object Number: 36.120.523
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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