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Pottery: Unknown
Footed stoneware tea bowl of open form, thrown and turned. Shiny white glaze inside and outside. Decorated with two sketchily drawn crabs in brown with a tinge of green, also verse in Chinese characters, and signature with age (70 years).
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased from Frank Brangwyn, with the Glasiher Fund
Height: 7.10 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
19th Century
Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912)
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Decoration
composed of
pigment
( brwon with a tinge of green)
All Except Foot
composed of
glaze
( shiny white glaze)
Rim
Diameter 15.20 cm
Foot
Diameter 6.30 cm
Inscription present: KOSOBE
Accession number: C.224-1934
Primary reference Number: 73283
Old number: BJ.15
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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