Large Bowl with Design of Trumpet Shell and Fishing Boats

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Large Bowl with Design of Trumpet Shell and Fishing Boats

Alternate Title: 美濃焼志野栄螺船文鉢

Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615)
Ceramics
E-Shino ware; stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and white Shino glaze
Height: 3 1/8 in. (7.94 cm); Diameter: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2008.20)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.