Dish in seven-sun size

Round dish on high foot.
Clay: fine white porcelain.
Glaze: Transparent, glossy.
Decoration: Inside 2 bands of concentric waves in underglaze blue, camellia blossom in underglaze blue and colored enamels; outside 3 blossoms with scrolling leaves in underglaze blue.

Historical period(s)
Taisho or Showa era, 1912-1960
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze, enamels over glaze
Style
Arita ware, Nabeshima type
Dimensions
H x W: 6.5 x 22 cm (2 9/16 x 8 11/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Imari
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1966.29
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
Arita ware, Nabeshima type, camellia, cobalt pigment, copy, flower, Japan, porcelain, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Taisho era (1912 - 1926)
Provenance

To 1966
N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [1]

From 1966
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

N.V. Hammer, Inc.

Description

Round dish on high foot.
Clay: fine white porcelain.
Glaze: Transparent, glossy.
Decoration: Inside 2 bands of concentric waves in underglaze blue, camellia blossom in underglaze blue and colored enamels; outside 3 blossoms with scrolling leaves in underglaze blue.

Published References
  • Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 108, vol. 2: p. 181.
  • Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: Freer Gallery of Art handbook. Washington, 1976. p. 86.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Whistler's Neighborhood
Google Cultural Institute
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