Japanese tea bowl with a crayfish

An image of Japanese pottery. Tea bowl. Okuka Mokuhaku (Japanese, 1800-1871). Production Place: Japan, Akahada, Nara. Footed tea bowl, thrown and turned. Buff-coloured ware with clear straw-coloured glaze, decorated with a crayfish in dark brown. Circular hollow in base of well. Thin foot rim. Impressed mark. Stoneware, glazed except foot, brush painted, height, whole, 5.30 cm, diameter, bowl, 11.20 cm, diameter, foot, 4.70 cm, circa 1845- 1871. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Japanese pottery. Tea bowl. Okuka Mokuhaku (Japanese, 1800-1871). Production Place: Japan, Akahada, Nara. Footed tea bowl, thrown and turned. Buff-coloured ware with clear straw-coloured glaze, decorated with a crayfish in dark brown. Circular hollow in base of well. Thin foot rim. Impressed mark. Stoneware, glazed except foot, brush painted, height, whole, 5.30 cm, diameter, bowl, 11.20 cm, diameter, foot, 4.70 cm, circa 1845- 1871. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: C.166-1934
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 726 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 77.20kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century bowl crayfish crustacea Edo Period Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Japanese Okuka Mokuhaku pottery stoneware tea bowl teabowl thrown turned

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