Nabeshima ware dish in seven-sun size

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: fine white porcelain.

  Glaze: transparent.

  Decoration: Underglaze blue and overglaze enamel colors; Outside three shippo ([Jpn] "seven jewel") groups, comb pattern on foot. Inside rocks and peonies in center, nyoi ([Jpn], priest's scepter) on rim.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (Saturday, March 8, 2008 - Sunday, October 19, 2008)

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

  Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

  Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

  Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)

  Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

  Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)

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

  Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

  Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

  Japanese Art: Recent Accessions (June 27, 1972 to May 2, 1973)

• Origin

  Imari, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1920s, 1860s

• Place

  Imari, Japan, Saga prefecture

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Priest, Japanese Art, Arita ware, Nabeshima type, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)