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This porcelain bowl was produced at a regional kiln in the regions of Gimhae-si, Jinhae-si, Jinju-si, Sacheon-si, and Gonmyeong-myeon in southwestern region of Gyeongsangnamdo in the 16th century, Joseon. Such bowls were known to the Japanese as “ido (井戶)” tea bowls and treated as luxury items. Though this bowl was intended to be made as a white porcelain bowl, the numerous impurities stuck to its surface tinged the surface with brown. Refractory spur marks remain on the inner base and the foot. There is a large number of pinholes on the foot and lower part of the wall, and impurities stuck inside the pinholes appear like dotted decoration. There are traces of glaze running, some of which were caused by melting and flowing down. Although this was previously classified as a Japanese artifact, it is thought to have been produced in Korea and later used in Japan as a tea bowl. Therefore, the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation newly added this bowl as a Korean object after a careful examinat
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Tea Bowl, 'ido chawan' type
16th century
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.535
A wide, shallow stoneware bowl on a footring with an everted rim with articulation.  The exterior is carved with lotus petals and covered in a gray-green celadon glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
14th century
Gift of Toshiko Ogita in memory of Tomoo Ogita
1987/1.306
The vibrant coloring of this deep bowl consists dark brown, muddy brown, yellow-green and ivory. The design is organized around an inscription which appears above the base far down on the side. Above the inscription running horizontally is a separate enclosed design which looks like arcaded doorways with a string with a ball on it cutting each arcade in half for a total of seven. Opposite this is a series of four and one-half arcades in a vertical direction. Between these two areas there is a design repeated on opposite sides of the bowl with floral circular motifs on each side of a large, abstracted pear-shape form. The circles are brown and yellow-green and the pear form is orange and brown. Beneath each circle is a 'base' narrowing towards the center and directing the eye to the base. The base is covered with a shield-like design of orange and brown. The ivory background is not filled in but certain lines have been incised to add greater interest.  <br />
 
Iranian (Iranian)
Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs
10th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.185
This stoneware hemispherical form with a direct rim has an interior covered with a creamy white glaze, and an exterior covered with a dark brown glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar Cover
800 – 999
Given in memory of James Marshall Plumer by John Maxon, Architecture and Design '41
1961/2.1
This star-shaped ceramic tile is decorated with floral patterns and shapes. This kind of tile seems to be very popular in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Iranian Islamic world. The relief decoration is moulded and unglazed while the ground is glazed in blues with black underglaze and covered with a clear overglaze. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Star-shaped tile with molded floral design
1400 – 1599
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.135
A blue and white platter. White porcellanous body with painting in blue under a clear glaze slightly tinged with blue-green.
Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
Platter with an inscription from a Hadith [a saying of the Prophet Muhammad], signed by Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
1600 – 1799
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.158
A buff stoneware globular jar, with a tapered base and wide, high shoulders, tapering to a wide, short neck with an everted rim. The work is covered in a mottled cobalt blue glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
600 – 649
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1962/1.100
Round base bowl on a tall straight foot ring, covered in a dark brown-black glaze with subtle hare's fur markings (兔毫盏 <em>tuhao zhan</em>).
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
960 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.10
A conical stoneware bowl on a tall foot ring, the exterior wall fluted, covered in a craqueleur gray-green celadon glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
13th century
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.73
This deep, conical bowl rests on a straight foot ring with subtle rim articulation. It is covered in a thickly applied dark iron-rich brown-black glaze with hare's fur or <em>tuhao zhan (兔毫盏 ) </em>markings. The thick glaze pools in one black drip lowering onto the exposed base. The interior surface has a crackle glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1127 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.8
A tall stoneware ovoid bottle on a straight footring with a narrow, short, flaring neck and a direct rim. It has four loop handles connecting the neck to shoulder, incised with floral decoration, and the upper half of the body is covered in green, amber, and yellow polychrome glazes. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bottle
1271 – 1368
Museum purchase for the Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.152
Stoneware jar with flaring foot and high rounded shoulders on a tapered body. It has an everted, flared foot, and short narrow neck covered with a flat lid with conical knob. The top three-quarters of the jar is covered in an amber-colored glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Covered Jar
907 – 1125
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1971/2.71A&B
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