Serving bowl with Chinese-inspired motifs

Shallow, footed porcelain bowl (hachi) with blue underglaze and purple, red, and green overglaze enamels of Chinese-inspired motifs including crane, bamboo, plum blossoms, Chinese character for “long life”.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, mid 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze, enamels over the glaze
Style
Arita ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 15.5 Ɨ 4.5 cm (6 1/8 Ɨ 1 3/4 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita
Credit Line
The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-L-30a-c
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Lacquer, Vessel
Type

Serving bowl

Keywords
Arita ware, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), porcelain, tea ceremony, The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Shallow, footed porcelain bowl (hachi) with blue underglaze and purple, red, and green overglaze enamels of Chinese-inspired motifs including crane, bamboo, plum blossoms, Chinese character for "long life".

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
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