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Maker(s):Ninsei, Nonomura (after)
Culture:Japanese
Title:Tea Bowl with rickshaw and floral decoration
Date Made:ca. late 19th century
Type:Ceramic
Materials:Glazed clay with decoration in colors and gold (satsuma?)
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Overall: 2 15/16 in x 5 in; 7.5 cm x 12.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: bottom: [very small characters etched with tool into wet clay].
Accession Number:  MH 1979.14.2
Credit Line:Gift of Dorothy L. Blair (Class of 1914)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Tan-colored bowl with colored rickshaw and decorations of maple leaves and flowers. The bowl is wrapped in a purple bag and contained in a wood box, with inscriptions on top that read: Ninsei chawan.

Subjects:
glaze (coating by location)

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