Dish with designs of tiger and bamboo and blossoming plum

Chrysanthemum-shaped deep plate.
Clay: fine white porcelain;
Glaze: lustrous, mild-white;
Decoration: vitrifiable enamels in tiger, floral and bamboo designs.

Historical period(s)
Meiji era or later, 1868-1940
Medium
Porcelain with enamels over clear glaze, iron pigment
Style
Arita ware, Kakiemon style
Dimensions
H x W: 5.4 x 28.2 cm (2 1/8 x 11 1/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1953.10
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
Arita ware, Kakiemon type, bamboo, flower, Japan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), plum blossom, porcelain, tiger
Provenance

To 1953
Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

From 1953
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Howard Hollis and Company

Description

Chrysanthemum-shaped deep plate.
Clay: fine white porcelain;
Glaze: lustrous, mild-white;
Decoration: vitrifiable enamels in tiger, floral and bamboo designs.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 176.
  • Mayuyama Junkichi. Japanese Art in the West. Tokyo. pl. 395.
  • Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report, 1953. Washington. p. 55, pl. 2.
  • Martin Feddersen. Japanese Decorative Art: A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs., 1st American ed. New York. p. 80, fig. 51.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Whistler's Neighborhood
Google Cultural Institute
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