Tea bowl

Description

Sencha (or bancha) teabowl of porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue with boys playing, Hirado Mikawachi ware: Japan, Hizen province, Mikawachi, c. 1770 - 1820

Museum reference

V.2015.10.33

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tea bowl

Production information

Mikawachi, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan, East Asia

Date

c. 1770 - 1820

Materials

Porcelain

References

Louis Lawrence, Hirado: Prince of Porcelains (Art Media Resources, 1997), plate 18

Credit

Presented by David and Anne Hyatt King through the Art Fund