Title: Reading screen
Object type: Reading screen
Date: ca. 1740
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ogata Kenzan 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1663–1743
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Clay; moulded frame and shaped supports glazed black; both faces of screen with ivory glaze, decorated with landscapes in black (Tokyo ware)
Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); L. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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