A Nezumi-Shino chawan. Mino region. Owari Province. Momoyama/early

A Nezumi-Shino chawan. Mino region. Owari Province. Momoyama/early Edo period, early 17th century Of wide slightly irregular shape (kutsu-gata) with a waisted wall, set on a rounded foot ring. Hard sand-coloured clay covered with a very thin slip which leaves small parts of the underside and the foot ring exposed, and a shiny grey overglaze with iron oxide brown areas; to the outside a zigzag pattern and flying reeds(?) in white. Padded silk cloth. Black-lacquered wooden box. Height 7 cm; diameter 12.2 cm

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