A Japanese Waste Water Bowl (Kensui) and Tea Bowl (Chawan)

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Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century, includes a tea bowl (chawan), stoneware, painted with figures and an elephant in polychrome overglaze (3 in., 5 in. diameter)(good estate condition) and a waste water bowl (kensui), stoneware with faux bois pattern in red (2 1/2 in., 5 3/4 in. diameter)(hairlines to rim).

Sold to benefit the Yale University Art Gallery collection From the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery