Dish
18th century or later (made)
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A square dish with low upright sides, hand-shaped, the base flat. Soft-buff earthenware, rather heavily potted and covered with a crazed lead-glaze. A spray of morning-glory vine hangs from the right top and raises several blue flowers across the centre; there are short inscriptions to the right (with signature) and the left. The rim also is outlined in green; glazed base.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Square dish (cake dish), buff earthenware with crackled glaze, painted in colours with morning-glory design; inscription and signature of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743); Japan, Sano, 18th century or later |
| Physical description | A square dish with low upright sides, hand-shaped, the base flat. Soft-buff earthenware, rather heavily potted and covered with a crazed lead-glaze. A spray of morning-glory vine hangs from the right top and raises several blue flowers across the centre; there are short inscriptions to the right (with signature) and the left. The rim also is outlined in green; glazed base. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscription and signature of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) |
| Credit line | Given by Bernard Leach, Esq., CH, CBE |
| Production | Said by Bernard Leach to have been made by Ogata Kenzan at Sano in ca. 1737. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Leach, Bernard Kenzan and his tradition London, Faber, 1966, Plate 87 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.61-1977 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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