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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Bowl
Date Made:early 20th century
Type:Food Service
Materials:Ceramic; porcelain; hard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Overall: 1 15/16 in x 5 5/8 in; 4.9 cm x 14.3 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: interior center (underglaze blue): [Chinese character, Shou]; INSCRIPTION: bottom (underglaze blue): [ill.].
Accession Number:  MH 1979.14.6
Credit Line:Gift of Dorothy L. Blair (Class of 1914)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Shallow bowl in a flower shape with six "petals." Petals are decorated with floral patterns and the interior center of the bowl has a stylized "Shou" character (meaning "longevity"). All in blue and white. On the exterior, there is a ring of continuous decoration of floral branches. The bottom has an illegible mark.

Tags:
pottery; vessels; containers

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