- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Label
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During the Edo period (1615-1868), one type of polychrome porcelain was developed in Arita for exclusive use by the ruling Nabeshima house. Nabeshima ware has been produced by thirteen generations of the Imaizumi family workshop, whose assembled skills have been designated Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan. This piece by the current head of the workshop shows his signature technique of creating a textured background by blowing cobalt pigment through a fine mesh. Cobalt in varying densities also outlines and fills the floral motifs, and red enamel completes the design.
- Collection Area(s)
- Contemporary Art, Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Whistler's Neighborhood
- Google Cultural Institute
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