Dish, body and base fragment

Object Details

• Description

  Plate, fragment of rim.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear.

  Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Chinese lion-dog and peony design.

  Mark: none.

  Inscription on base.by John Pope: Nakashirakawa.

• Inscriptions

  "Nakashirakawa" inscribed in black grease paint by John A. Pope.

• Provenance

  To 1956

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982), Washington, DC

  From 1956

  National Museum of Asian Art, gift of Dr. John Alexander Pope in 1956 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object is part of the museum's Freer Study Collection.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Naka Shirakawa kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. John Alexander Pope, 1956

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1615-1868, 1680s, 1660s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  Naka Shirakawa 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)