Octagonal dish on high round foot, Kutani ware, Revival Kutani type

Octagonal dish on a high round foot.
Clay: coarse, off-white porcelain.
Glaze: thick, transparent, slightly matte surface.
Decoration: an underglaze blue circle inside, and one around foot; overglaze enamel painting of pheasants on a peony tree, conventional borders inside and out.
Underglaze blue mark: Fuku 福 in a double square, roughly executed.

Historical period(s)
Meiji era, 1868-1880
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt decoration under clear glaze, enamels over glaze
Style
Kutani ware, Revival Kutani type
Dimensions
H x W: 8.7 x 22.8 cm (3 7/16 x 9 in)
Geography
Japan, Ishikawa prefecture
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1957.10
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
Japan, Kutani ware, Revival Kutani style, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), peony, pheasant, porcelain, tree
Provenance

To 1957
Oriental Art Gallery, New York. [1]

From 1957
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Oriental Art Gallery, New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Oriental Art Gallery

Description

Octagonal dish on a high round foot.
Clay: coarse, off-white porcelain.
Glaze: thick, transparent, slightly matte surface.
Decoration: an underglaze blue circle inside, and one around foot; overglaze enamel painting of pheasants on a peony tree, conventional borders inside and out.
Underglaze blue mark: Fuku 福 in a double square, roughly executed.

Marking(s)

Underglaze blue mark: Fuku 福 in a double square, roughly executed.

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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