Nabeshima ware dish in one-shaku size

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear, colorless glaze.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, pine, plum and bamboo motif in interior; three floral garlands on exterior; "comb" pattern on footrim.

• Provenance

  To 1985

  Mrs. Joe M. Blumberg, Bethesda, Maryland. [1]

  From 1985

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Joe M. Blumberg, Bethesda, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1. The object was transferred from the Study Collection to the Permanent Collection in 2010. See Curatorial Remark 9 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Joe M. Blumberg

• Origin

  Nabeshima official kiln, Imari, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Joe M. Blumberg

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Blumberg, Joe M.

• Place

  Nabeshima official kiln, Imari, Japan, Saga prefecture

• Topic

  Pine tree, Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Shogun, Arita ware, Nabeshima type, Ceramics, Flowers, Bamboo

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)