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Bowl with a Multitude of Women
(Japan and Korea )
This bowl was decorated by Yabu Meizan at his studio in Osaka. The exterior is decorated with an intricate pattern of hundreds of women engaged in traditional arts, crafts, and cultural practices. They are depicted in multicolored enamels that have been fired onto the bisque surface of this six-lobed foliate bowl. At the base, panels of flowrs ring the bowl. The panels contain approximately twenty identifiable species of flowers including peonies,haydrangea, wisteria, morning glories, three types of camelias, lilies, etc. The interior features a band of wisteria ringing the rim with blossoms hanging down into the bowl's interior. Yabu Meizan's studio would purchase fired bisque stonewares from the Chinjyukan kiln in Kagoshima and from the Kinkozan kiln in Kyoto. They would then transfer designs to the stoneware surfaces from pattern books held in the studio.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Louisana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970. Herbert F. Johnson, Ithaca; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. |
| 1984 | Master Potters of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2280