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Tea bowl with tortoise-shell design
Tea bowl with tortoise-shell design

Tea bowl with tortoise-shell design

17th century
Object PlaceOwari
Medium/TechniqueShino type; stoneware with iron wash and feldspathic glaze
Dimensions7 x 11.5 (mouth diameter) cm (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMorse Collection. Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow
Accession number95.1305
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ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenancePurchased by Edward Sylvester Morse in Japan between 1877 and 1892. Deposited to the MFA in 1892.