Dish
CultureJapanese
Datelate 19th century
MediumShino ware
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 9 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (4.45 × 23.19 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gertrude Ferguson from the collection of Ken Ferguson
Object number2011.39.2
MarkingsMaker's mark impressed on bottom-to be deciphered
On View
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DescriptionShallow, square dish with slightly flared rim completely glazed with Shino glaze. The well of the dish decorated with a flock of birds flying (grey against white) above grasses painted white against the grey ground.
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