Bowl
Culture
Japanese
Date19th century
Mediumceramic
Dimensions22.2 x 45.1 cm (8 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles F. Morse
Object number1973.48
DescriptionWhite ceramic, under and over glaze decorationLabel TextSatsuma ware is an earthenware originally produced in the Satsuma region of southwest Japan ever since the late 1500s. Early Satsuma ware was primarily undecorated tea ware, but after the introduction of Satsuma to foreign audiences in the 1867 Paris Exposition, they became popular and fashionable among European and American collectors. Satsuma soon after became highly gilded and decorated with overglaze polychrome paint, ornate borders, clouds of gold dots, and popular depictions of figurative and bird and flower compositions to meet the new and growing export market.ProvenanceMrs. Charles F. Morse, Milton, MA
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Chinese
early 15th century, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Chinese
Late Northern Song Dynasty (1042–1127)
Chinese
Kangxi period (1662–1722) of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911)