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2394.  NS. 130. One Tea Bowl, with flaring mouth and silver rim.   Chien.  "Tenmoku."   Chinese.

Hard, dense, buff paste.
Rich smoky-black, mottled with cream and deep olive; shrinkage marks and long lines of crackle. 
Area on inner surface much worn.
Circular corrugation around body near rim. 
Circular, basal ring, slightly hollowed, unglazed within.
Intact; without repair.
Height, 2 1/2". Diameter at mouth, 5 1/16".
Excavated at the sites of ancient kilns in the Province of Fukien.

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., N.Y., as per Voucher #, March, 1914, 

[[left margin]] SMITHSONIAN 1590

Transcription Notes:
first measure fraction is on top of each other [[left margin]] on the right: "SMITHOSIAN" is stamped on while "1590" is handwritten