Object type: Teabowl
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Ninsei II
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 1658–1868
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Shallow, slight wheelmarks visible; fine drab clay, thin brown glaze, worn and showing pink underneath (Awata ware)
Dimensions: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936