Dish

Large dish with everted broad rim, shallow cavetto, and wide flat bottom, on carved inward turning footrim.

Clay: porcelain

Glaze: transparent, blue-gray tonality; abraded on surface of bottom; five spur marks on bottom.

Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, lines and graded washes; in bottom, surrounded by double line, garden scene with one phoenix seated on a tall pierced rock and a second in flight overhead, a camellia plant to the left and a pomegranate plant to the right; in the cavetto and rim, six large lobed panels set off by double-line border on a blue ground and separated by floral vinescrolls; in the panels, two landscape scenes in alternation–peony plant and rock, and stylized pine, plum, and bamboo combination. Back of plate undecorated.

Mark: none.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1680-1700
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Style
Arita ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 6 x 35.5 x 35.5 cm (2 3/8 x 14 x 14 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita
Credit Line
Gift of Karol Kirberger Rodriguez
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1989.2
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
Arita ware, bamboo, camellia, cobalt pigment, Edo period (1615 - 1868), flower, Japan, landscape, phoenix, pine tree, plant, porcelain
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Large dish with everted broad rim, shallow cavetto, and wide flat bottom, on carved inward turning footrim.

Clay: porcelain

Glaze: transparent, blue-gray tonality; abraded on surface of bottom; five spur marks on bottom.

Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, lines and graded washes; in bottom, surrounded by double line, garden scene with one phoenix seated on a tall pierced rock and a second in flight overhead, a camellia plant to the left and a pomegranate plant to the right; in the cavetto and rim, six large lobed panels set off by double-line border on a blue ground and separated by floral vinescrolls; in the panels, two landscape scenes in alternation--peony plant and rock, and stylized pine, plum, and bamboo combination. Back of plate undecorated.

Mark: none.

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