Bowls with Three Panels with Poems
Kinkozan
19th century
Medium
Pottery decorated with colored enamels and iron red (Kyoto ware)
Dimensions
H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.60.5
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Kinkozan
**Kinkozan** refers to the renowned Kinkōzan family workshop of Kyoto potters, active from 1645 until its closure around 1927. Originally known under the Kobayashi family name, the workshop received the Kinkozan designation in the 18th century from the Tokugawa shogunate. It specialized in Satsuma ware, particularly the elaborately decorated Kyoto (Kyō-Satsuma) style featuring ivory-bodied earthen...