Dish in seven-sun size

Object Details

• 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.

• 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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

  Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Origin

  Imari, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1910s, 1960s

• Name

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Place

  Imari, Japan, Saga prefecture

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Camellia, Copy, Japanese Art, Enamel and enameling, Arita ware, Nabeshima type, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)