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Start Over Object class Pottery Collection place Kyōto Prefecture, Kansai region
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 9-9255, described as bottle; ovoid stoneware with brown glaze; japanese inscription on three sides; ht. 32 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Teapot, accession number 9-15936, described as Bottle with spout: round stoneware bottle on narrow base, high shoulder slanting to flaired lip on narrow mouth (1 3/4" diameter). Spout set in shoulder. Cream glaze beginning 1" from base covers entire vessel inside and out. Over this, free-brush line designs in brown bands around middle and neck, all over pine needle cine and floral.Good condition. Height: 7 1/2", 5 3/8" diameter. Shown on June 30, 1987 to George Kuwayama, Curator of Asian Art, LA Co. Museum of Art. Mr. K. thinks it is from Japan, possible Kyoto area kiln. Stoneware but low end in terms of firing and hardness; pine needle and abstracted designs; late 19-early 20th c. Mouth probably ground down. Probably a sake server, a folk piece in style.

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