Flower Container
Artist
Ogata Kenzan
(Japanese, 1663 - 1743)
Date1699
MediumKyo ware
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 inches (17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lincoln Kirstein in honor of Laurence Sickman
Object number78-40
SignedInterior of the square molded foot rim: "Kenzan" in underglaze iron oxide.
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DescriptionFlower container in soft low-fired kyo-ware; of square section and having molded flat tapering rectangular sides, decorated on all sides with Rimpa-style blossoming plums in underglaze iron oxide, green, pink, white and yellow enamel; the whole covered with a transparent whitish crackled glaze.
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