Small plate

Object Details

• Description

  Blue-and-white; Small plate. Dish fragment (base and part of rim).

  Clay: white porcelain.

  Glaze: clear blue glaze on exterior, with finger marks.

  Decoration: a banded pattern around rim (probably a flying phoenix), and a central medallion (double bounded) with characters in cobalt blue.

• Provenance

  To 1968

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Kake No Tani kiln site. [1]

  From 1968

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Kake-no-tani kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  Kake-no-tani kiln site, Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Clear glaze, Arita ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Glazed, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)