Dish

Dish with deep sloping rim, thin wedge foot, six spur-marks on base.
Clay: white porcelain
Glaze: clear feldspathic
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue of good quality in outline and wash. Chinese figure and attendant with parasol in landscape within deep compartmented border (fuyo-de style), copying a Chinese Wanli export style. Outside is a thin running leafy scroll with four single flowers evenly spaced. Double line on outside of foot, single line near foot on base.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1670-1700
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Style
Arita ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 9 × 41.6 cm (3 9/16 × 16 3/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harold P. Stern
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1980.183a-c
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
Arita ware, Edo period (1615 - 1868), flower, Japan, landscape, porcelain, WWII-era provenance
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Dish with deep sloping rim, thin wedge foot, six spur-marks on base.
Clay: white porcelain
Glaze: clear feldspathic
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue of good quality in outline and wash. Chinese figure and attendant with parasol in landscape within deep compartmented border (fuyo-de style), copying a Chinese Wanli export style. Outside is a thin running leafy scroll with four single flowers evenly spaced. Double line on outside of foot, single line near foot on base.

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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