# One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design

- By: Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743)
- Date: 1700s to mid-1800s
- Medium: Kyoto Ware: stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and slip decoration
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Each side: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.508.2)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1963.508.2/1963.508.2_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Note the rough, tan, clay bodies of these bowls with their deliberate irregularities. The design of branches was first painted in a black iron oxide, then the blossoms and buds in a white slip, followed by the application of a very thin transparent overglaze.