Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The deep bowl has a scalloped edge and a rounded bottom. It is decorated with an all over design of birds on an ivory ground on the inside of the bowl. On the outside is a narrow border of dark red and gold at the top edge and on the low ring foot. The rest of the bowl is decorated with a landscape of sprays of flowers and leaves and two birds on an ivory ground. There is a fine crackle. This is Satsuma ware.
- Made from:
- Earthernware
- Made in:
- Japan
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
- Size:
- 4.4 x 12.1 cm (1 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 27.48
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: painted mark of two oriental characteres in gold in a red rectangle edged with gold.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973