Dish
ca. 1700 (made)
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A saucer in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower with fluted petals and foliate rim, having a broad, shallow foot from the edge of which spring three tapering palmette-like feet. Creamy-white porcelain with a somewhat bluish-toned glaze. Painted inside in the centre is a coiled horned and scaly dragon in somewhat overfired blue among green clouds and with details in red and yellow, outlined in black; the rest is plain.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
Brief description | Dish on three feet, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, ca. 1700 |
Physical description | A saucer in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower with fluted petals and foliate rim, having a broad, shallow foot from the edge of which spring three tapering palmette-like feet. Creamy-white porcelain with a somewhat bluish-toned glaze. Painted inside in the centre is a coiled horned and scaly dragon in somewhat overfired blue among green clouds and with details in red and yellow, outlined in black; the rest is plain. |
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Gallery label | Dish in chrysanthemum form on three feet
Porcelain decorated in overglaze enamels with dragon roundel
Arita ware, Kakiemon style
JAPANESE; circa 1700
Miss E. Humphreys-Owen Gift
FE.91-1970(as at 2005) |
Credit line | Given by Miss E. Humphreys-Owen |
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Accession number | FE.91-1970 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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