Object type: Teabowl
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Kiyomizu Rokubei III
Artist bio: Japanese, active 1820–1880
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: ca. 1840
Medium: Bulbous, grooved with small foot; gray clay; iridescent light brown glaze with design in white of Hanami dango (cakes strung on bamboo) (Kiyomizu ware)
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936