Unknown Japanese
Arita Bowl

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Arita Bowl
Dateearly 18th century
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/16 × 9 1/4 in. diameter (11.3 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2014.12
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Object Type
Provenance[Christie's, London, sale 9305932, Japanese Art at the English Court, December 8–19, 2014, lot 83]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2014.


Exhibition History"Two-Eyed Seeing: Contemporary Pasts and Futures at the Blaffer Art Museum," Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, December 9–December 17, 2023. (OL.1658)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Bottom of bowl, inscribed in blue paint: [Japanese characters]
Printed sticker (removed and placed in accession file): 83 / 5932 [handwritten with pen] / CHRISTIE'S

Printed sticker (removed and placed in accession file): [barcode] / 46408136

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