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Water jar by Ogata Kenzan — VisualArtsDB

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Water jar

Water jar

Water jar

1695–1715

Medium: Clay; bluish-gray glaze, streaked showing white underglaze; design modeled in white and brown slip, in low relief; meander borders in white and blue (Tokyo ware)
Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Genre: Ceramics
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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