An early 20th Century Japanese Sumida Gawa glazed ceramic bowl, of oval form, the outside surrounded by applied ceramic figures of Japanese children. Each child is dressed in a traditional kimono and one wears a woven hat. The flat interior bottom of the bowl is glazed in green and the inner sides in a mottled blue and white. The children appear to be climbing up to peek into the bowl and their kimonos are glazed dark green or in blue on white patterns the lower outside of the bowl is in a rough reddish glaze as is the bottom. The bowl is not marked, and measures 8" x 6" overall x 2-1/4"D.
400/600 Sold $333.50
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