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Dish

Dish

  • Place of origin:

    Hirado (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mr David King

  • Museum number:

    FE.14-1986

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 21, shelf 5

Physical description

Dish of porcelain, shallow form with upturned rim. Quite heavily potted; neatly turned footring. Glazed coverage complete except for ridge of footring; pinholing on base. Delicately painted decoration of butterfly and flowers with considerable use of washes and tonal shading,

Place of Origin

Hirado (made)

Date

ca. 1800 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Dimensions

Diameter: 15.1 cm

Object history note

Based on Chinese Tianqi period originals.

Descriptive line

Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Japan, Hirado kilns, Edo period, ca. 1800

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Mitsuoka, Tadanari et al., eds. Tokai Koshinetsu-Nihon Yakimono Shusei Vol. 2, Heibonsha, 1982, plates p. 64-67, text pp. 126-127.

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Blue and white

Subjects depicted

Butterflies; Flowers

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

East Asia Collection

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