Serving dish in Shonzui style

Object Details

• Artist

  Kato Tamikichi II (1808-1865)

• Description

  Sweetmeat dish: oblong with curved ends, flaring sides. Heavily potted, thick square-cut foot, undamaged condition.

  Clay: fine, smooth, white porcelain.

  Glaze: clear porcelain glaze, medium gloss; a few pinholes at rim.

  Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Curved panels radiating from center panel extend over the rim to the outside ending at foot which is banded with a double line. Two each of four different familiar diaper patterns alternate in the panels, including reverse swastika, overlapping wave or scales.

  Inscription: on base in underglaze blue.

• Inscriptions

  The inscription on the base of this serving dish states clearly that it is a copy (utsushi) by "Tamikichi of Seto" of a work by the legendary figure Gorodayu Go Shonzui.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

  Summer Whites: Japanese Porcelain (July 1, 1983 to March 15, 1984)

• Origin

  Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Kato, Tamikichi

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Japan, Seto

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Seto ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)