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Shaving Bowl with Designs of Chrysanthemums and Reeds, Plovers amid Waveslate 18th-early 19th century

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Blue-and-white porcelain footed bowl with lobed rim, painted with chrysanthemum blossoms and bare branches, with a pierced medallion at the center

Unknown, Shaving Bowl with Designs of Chrysanthemums and Reeds, Plovers amid Waves, late 18th-early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Shaving Bowl with Designs of Chrysanthemums and Reeds, Plovers amid Waves
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th-early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions
Height: 4 in. (10.1 cm); Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (19.2 cm) rim; Diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm) base
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.58
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.