Lidded bowl with chrysanthemum, butterfly, and calligraphy decoration
Lidded bowl with chrysanthemum, butterfly, and calligraphy decoration
Lidded bowl with chrysanthemum, butterfly, and calligraphy decoration
Lidded bowl with chrysanthemum, butterfly, and calligraphy decoration

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Lidded bowl with chrysanthemum, butterfly, and calligraphy decoration,

19th century

Japanese
Late Edo period, 1603–1868
1998-834 a-b

Information

Title
Lidded bowl with chrysanthemum, butterfly, and calligraphy decoration
Dates

19th century

Medium
Seto ware; glazed stoneware
Dimensions
bowl (a): h. 5.8 cm., diam. 16.4 cm. (2 5/16 x 6 7/16 in.) lid (b): h. 3.6 cm., diam. 18.2 cm. (1 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-834 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Seven characters reading: "The maple leaves fall by the riverside, yellow are the chrysanthemum flowers."
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics, seto
Materials
glaze, stoneware
Subject
chrysanthemums, butterflies, calligraphy (visual work)

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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