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Teapot with design of Chinese boys


白泥色絵唐子図急須
Aoki Mokubei (Japanese, 1767–1833)
Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century

Medium/Technique Kyoto ware; stoneware with enamels
Dimensions Ceramics: 5.5 × 5.7 × 8.8 × 12.2 cm (2 3/16 × 2 1/4 × 3 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Morse Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number92.6518a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery (1901), #3800.
DescriptionESM: Yamashiro Province, Mokubei, "Very thin walls. White clay unglazed. Figures of Chinese children at play, in green, purple, yellow, and blue enamels, outlined in black. _Kokikwan mokubei tsukuru_ (written). A remarkable example of decoration. [date] 1825"
Morse Cat.#: 3800
Marks
InscriptionsKokikan Mokubei zô
把手「古器観/木米造」