Medama Oyaji rice bowl

NameRice Bowl

Maker Sachiho Toda

CultureJapanese

Date2018

Place madeSakaiminato, Totori Prefecture, Japan, East Asia, ASIA

MediumCeramic, glaze

Dimensions3 3/8 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (8.5 × 13 × 14 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.70.4

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberFA.2018.70.4

Collections

Asia

ProvenancePurchased by curator while on research trip in Japan, 7/5/2018-8/1/2018.

DescriptionThis rice bowl is glazed in pink, red, white, black and blue. There is an overall bell shape to the bowl with a small base. There is an eyeball with a red iris resting at the top lip of the bowl. The inside of the bowl is covered in pink and blue glaze. The outside of the bowl is covered in blue vines with pink and blue flowers with a black ground.