Nara to Heian period, 8th - 11th century
H. 16.5 x W. 13.2 x D. 8 cm (6 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseBizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
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18th centuryJapaneseLight gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green glaze
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16th-17th centuryJapaneseOff-white stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze over marks from shells used as firing supports; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
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