Dish with Grasses



  • Period: Momoyama period (1573–1615)
  • Date: late 16th–early 17th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Stoneware with design incised through iron-rich clay slip (Mino ware, gray Shino type)
  • Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); D. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics

Black Raku Tea Bowl



  • Period: Momoyama period (1573–1615)
  • Date: early 17th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Earthenware with black raku glaze (Raku ware)
  • H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics

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Dish in Shape of Mount Fuji with Horses and Deer



  • Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Tianqi period (1621–27)
  • Date: ca. 1625
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
  • Dimensions: H. 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); L. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics