Nin'ami Dohachi
Bowl with Yoshino Mountain (Cherry Blossom) Design

Bowl with Yoshino Mountain (Cherry Blossom) Design

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Bowl with Yoshino Mountain (Cherry Blossom) Design
ArtistJapanese, 1783–1854/55
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Bowl with Yoshino Mountain (Cherry Blossom) Design
Date18th–19th century
PlaceKyoto, Japan
MediumEarthenware with overglaze enamel
Dimensions5 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (13.9 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Peter K. Jameson, Cavanaugh O'Leary, and Sean P. Wade in honor and celebration of Meredith J. Long’s many years of leadership at "One Great Night in November, 2016"
Object number2016.205
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collector, Tokyo; [Koichi Yanagi Gallery, New York], 2008; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition HistorySimilar example in "Kenzan to Kyo No Yakimono" Ten: Ogata Kenzan Kaiyō 300-Nen, Kyōyaki No Keifu, (“Kenzan and Kyoto’s Ceramics” Exhibition). Japan: NHK, 1999.

Similar example in the collections of the Tokyo National Museum: http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_exhibition/index.php?controller=item&id=4368

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Wooden box lid, recto; Inscribed in ink: Sakura no e donburi (Design of cherry blossom bowl)
Wooden box lid, verso; Signed in ink: Kachūtei Dohachi (道八)

signed Kachūtei Dōhachi, with shell-shaped Dōhachi seal
Seal on the bottom of the bowl: “handwarmer shape”
Seal on the wooden box: “conch shape” Horasanjin

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