Tea bowl of Shōdai ware Maker: Unknown

Late 18th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Shodai ware: Chocolate brown clay, wheel thrown and high fired

Dimensions

3 1/4 × 3 7/8 in. (8.3 × 9.8 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1951.51.43

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Asia Institute, New York; Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore) (1858–1955) New York; gift in 1951 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Edward Morse Shepard, Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery (Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1901), no. 893
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

tea bowls

Inscriptions

Tea bowl of Shōdai 小代　ware bearing potter's mark on base.

Signed

Seal of Shōdai 小代 in relief and the kanji in vertical orientation impressed inside the foot before firing.

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