Satsuma kilns
Bowl with Dense Floral Motif
1889-1899
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Satsuma kilns
Bowl with Dense Floral Motif
1889-1899
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with overglaze polychrome enamel and gold decoration, 3 3/16 H x 5 1/8 Diam. in. (8.1 x 13 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dow Berggren, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
2007.325
Deep bowl with multicolored-flowers on the crackled, yellowish glaze covering the buff clay body; embellished with extensive overglaze gilt outlining; the rim gold; the outside edge of the footrim trimmed to a neat angle. Red, green yellow, blue, and purple enamels were used to decorate the bowl.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2007; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dow Berggren, Bethesda, Maryland
Markings: On bottom: "Shimazu (or Gyokuzan?)"
