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19th century · Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze · Asian Art

The detailed and dense patterning characterizes the Chinese porcelains of the mid-seventeenth century that are known as shonzui ware in Japan. The term shonzui remains enigmatic but is thought to refer to a Japanese man, perhaps the person who first commissioned such works from China.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893