Dish
probably 19th century (made)
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A rectangular dish with sloping sides, hand-shaped, the base flat. Hard light-buff earthenware, rather heavily potted, and covered with a crazed lead-glaze of slightly greenish cast. Painted with a spray of bamboo rising from the left, with inscription of seven characters to the right followed by the signature 'Kenzan' and a red seal. The longer sides have borders of a formal floral motif and the shorter sides a design resembling marbling; firing marks on the glazed base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Rectangular dish (cake dish), earthenware painted in brown with a bamboo design; inscription, signature and seal of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743); Japan, Sano, probably 19th century |
| Physical description | A rectangular dish with sloping sides, hand-shaped, the base flat. Hard light-buff earthenware, rather heavily potted, and covered with a crazed lead-glaze of slightly greenish cast. Painted with a spray of bamboo rising from the left, with inscription of seven characters to the right followed by the signature 'Kenzan' and a red seal. The longer sides have borders of a formal floral motif and the shorter sides a design resembling marbling; firing marks on the glazed base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Bernard Leach, Esq., CH, CBE |
| Production | Made at Sano in Tochigi prefecture. |
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| Accession number | FE.60-1977 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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