Tea bowl

Description

Bowl of cream earthenware or stoneware with a finely crackled glaze, with a river and a maple branch and marked 'Ninsei': Japan, Yamashiro Province, Kyoto, 18th - early 19th century

Museum reference

A.1956.1321

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tea bowl

Production information

Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan, East Asia

Date

18th - early 19th century

Materials

Ceramic

Physical description

Hard cream earthenware or stoneware, glaze, enamel colours

Associations

Previous owner: Alexander, William Cleverly, 1840 - 1916