| Date1 |
Momoyma-Edo period |
| Date2 |
First half of the 17th century |
| Kiln |
Egaratsu style, Karatsu ware |
| Height (cm) |
8.3 |
| Mouth Diameter (cm) |
13.1 |
| Weight (g) |
204～238 |
| Credit Line |
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka , photograph by 〓（Please credit the name of the photographer which is indicated at the bottom left of each image） |
| Accession No. |
02145-1 |
| Description |
Egaratsu is a type of Karatsu ware with pictorial decoration in iron brown paint. Stylized motifs of plants and birds are depicted in iron paint on a thinly potted, fine red-tinged clay body before covered with feldspathic glaze. The glaze pooled in places has a milky white color. After the body was formed by throwing, part of the mouth has been intentionally deformed while its foot was meticulously trimmed. Such pieces were probably produced at kilns in Imari region where many high-quality mukozuke (a type of dish used for meals during tea gatherings) wares were made. |
