Porcelain with cobalt under clear glaze and enamels over celadon glaze
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 3.1 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm (1 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in)
Style:
Arita ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Higuchi or Kakiemon kiln, Nangawara, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
Date:
1740-1755
Period:
Edo period
Description:
The dish was thrown on a potter's kickwheel and then shaped over a bisque-fired clay mold. The footrim was then trimmed. The molded ten-lobed rim is edged with iron brown and coated with green (celadon) glaze, while the interior is painted in cobalt pigment with a design of iris blooming by a stream, under a colorless transparent glaze.
Overglaze enamels are used to outline the iris and wave pattern with gold and to render an auspicious design around the celadon rim of the crane and hairy-tailed tortoise (paired symbols of longevity) and pine and bamboo.
Provenance:
From 1950s – 1993
Private collection, purchased in Japan in the 1950s. [1]
From 1993
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of a private collector. [2]
Notes:
[1] According to the donor, object was purchased in Japan in the 1950s.
[2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
Dinner for Five: Japanese Serving Dishes for Elegant Meals (March 4 to October 21, 2001)
Telling Tales in Japanese Art (November 23, 1996 to August 14, 1997)
