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ceramics produced in Mino (see fig. 3.10) at the end of the sixteenth century and into the early
seventeenth century. The Takeo Karatsu ware with iron and copper decoration represents an
intriguing amalgam of buncheong and Oribe idioms that brought into being a refreshing and dynamic
new model. During the mid- to late seventeenth century, the Takeo Karatsu potters explored further
with decoration involving white, brown, and green, forgoing pictorial designs and experimenting with
bold, free-flowing splashes of color (see fig. 3.11) that are reminiscent of the much earlier sancai
(three-color) ceramics of Tang China (618–907). As we will see in the next section, on Utsutsugawa
ware, experiments with white slip, iron-oxide pigment, and copper glaze on stoneware yielded
markedly different results.

left: Figure 3.10 Dish in the shape of a double fan with arched handle. Japanese, Momoyama period (1573–1615); end of the 16th–early 17th century. Stoneware
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with iron-painted design and copper-green glaze (Mino, Oribe type), H. 5 ⁄8 in. (14.9 cm), W. 11 in. (27.9 cm), D. 8 ⁄8 in. (21.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
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New York, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick,
and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.443)
right: Figure 3.11 Bottle. Japanese, Edo period (1615–1868); 17th century. Stoneware with white slip and iron-brown and copper-green glaze (Takeo Karatsu),
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H. 15 ⁄8 in. (38.2 cm), Diam. of mouth 2 ⁄4 in. (6.9 cm), Diam. 9 ⁄4 in. (23.5 cm), Diam. of base 5 ⁄8 in. (13.7 cm). Nakashima Hiroshi Collection, Takeo City
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