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kiln in operation ca. 1691–1749 · Stoneware with cobalt-blue design over brushed white slip (Utsutsugawa ware) · Asian Art

The eye-catching application of white slip creates an unusual textured patterning of puffy cloudlike forms on the exterior and a web of wispy-veined leaves on the interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

kiln in operation ca. 1691–1749

Medium

Stoneware with cobalt-blue design over brushed white slip (Utsutsugawa ware)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936