Bowl
name: label: Collector
content: Harold I. Sewall
label: Donor Name
content: Harold I. Sewall
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IMARI PORCELAIN, MADE AT ARITA, PROV. OF HIZEN, ABOUT 1800. DECORATED IN GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, RED, BLACK AND GOLD WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE. AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE BOWL ARE DELICATELY PAINTED THREE SCENES REPRESENTING THE ROOFS OF CASTLES AND HOUSES AND A MOUNTAIN TOP ON WHICH TWO FIGURES ARE STANDING. THESE SCENES ARE DIVIDED BY IRREGULAR SHAPED CLOUDS, TWO PURPLE ENAMEL AND ONE GREEN. ON THE OUTSIDE A PHOENIX AND A DRAGON IN RED AND GOLD ARE PLAYING AMONG CLOUDS ON A GREEN BACKGROUND. THIS BOWL IS VERY ELABORATE AND IS DECIDEDLY ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF THE TIME IN TECHNIQUE AND DECORATION. THE COLOR YELLOW, PURPLE AND BLACK IN COMBINATION, ARE SAID TO INDICATE A HIGH CLASS SPECIMEN. MARKS: ON BASE IN IMITATION OF CHINESE WARE, DOUBLE BLUE RING. THE WAN-LI MARK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arita, Kyushu / Hizen, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010548
label: USNM Number
content: EL3844-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 6.99 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 20.95 cm