Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

W: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in)

Style:

Arita ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kake-no-tani kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1640-1659

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Blue-and-white; Small plate. Dish fragment (foot part of rim).

Clay: white porcelain.

Glaze: clear glaze with sandy foot ring on exterior, cobalt blue pigment under clear glaze on interior.

Decoration: cobalt blue decoration quickly executed in a kraak-like style with a band of segmented geometric decoration around the rim and in the central medallion a small plum tree with ground line.

Provenance:

To 1968

John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Kake No Tani kiln site. [1]

From 1968

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

Notes:

[1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

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Credit Line:

Gift of John A. Pope

Accession Number:

FSC-P-1490

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye387c0473d-471b-4b2f-a649-ccc13d80e570

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-1490