Description AN INCISED CERAMIC BOWLJapan, Edo period (1615-1868) or earlier. The conical sides rising from a short ring foot, the interior neatly incised with linear designs, surrounding a central circular floral composition. Covered in gray and whitish brushed glazes. The interior with an inscribed label.Condition: With surface wear and firing flaws as well as several filled cracks. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Weight: 321 gDimensions: Diameter 18 cm