Bowl for serving sweets

Object Details

• Artist

  Imaizumi Imaemon XIII 13代　今泉今右衛門 (Japan, 1926-2001)

• Label

  The Imaizumi family specialized in enamel decoration of porcelain produced for the Nabeshima domain during the Edo period (1615-1868). In 1971 the collective skills of the workshop were designated an 'Important Intangible Cultural Property,' and Imaemon XII became a Living National Treasure. His son, Imaemon XIII, in turn received that honored designation. This bowl is based on a seventeenth-century Japanese Imari-ware design which in turn was inspired by decoration on sixteenth-century Chinese porcelain. The character (kyo) in the center means 'strong'.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Paper and Clay from Modern Japan (January 20 to March 31, 1991)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase -- funds provided by the Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Associates

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1980s, 1970s

• Name

  Imaizumi, Imaemon XIII

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art, Arita ware, Nabeshima type, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)