Dish, fragment of rim and base

Object Details

• Description

  Dish, fragment of rim and base.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear.

  Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Vinescroll around the rim and five-petal flower motif on bottom inside; linear vinescroll around the rim outside.

  Mark: "Da Ming Nien Chih" reign mark on base. Sticker inscribed "Mukurodani."

• Marks

  "Da Ming Nien Chih" reign mark on base. Sticker inscribed "Mukurodani."

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Mukurodani kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Place

  Mukurodani kiln site, Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)