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Large Bowl with Design of Trumpet Shell and Fishing BoatsMomoyama period (1573-1615)

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Ceramic bowl viewed from above, off-white crackled glaze with gray underglaze painting of a large stylized crocodile-like creature, small fish, and boats
Ceramic dish with wide shallow form and crackled white glaze, decorated with blue-gray brushed crescent and dot motifs along the interior rim, with a notched or rope-impressed edge.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Large Bowl with Design of Trumpet Shell and Fishing Boats
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
Period
Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603)
Medium
E-Shino ware; stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and white Shino glaze
Dimensions
Height: 3 1/8 in. (7.94 cm); Diameter: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2008.20
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.