Dish

Museum number:
9-12380
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012380
Alternate number:
3181* (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Dish, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Rectangular shape, flat bottom, short curved out sides and recessed foot. Blue floral motif on center bottom, outlined with gold. Irregular band on sides with gold vine motif on red enamel ground, bordered by blue. Red "weave" pattern near bottom. Two spaces near rim with gold flower on green ground. Three blue filled circles on underside on white ground, (similar to Chinese coin design), with gold outline & filigree. Comb pattern on foot. Inscription on base almost identical to 9-12381. H. 3.7cm.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating), Glaze (coating by location), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Body— width 4.5 inches, Base— length 5.75 inches, Body— length 8.44 inches, Base— width 2.875 inches, and Body— height 1.25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12380, described as Dish, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Rectangular shape, flat bottom, short curved out sides and recessed foot. Blue floral motif on center bottom, outlined with gold. Irregular band on sides with gold vine motif on red enamel ground, bordered by blue. Red "weave" pattern near bottom. Two spaces near rim with gold flower on green ground. Three blue filled circles on underside on white ground, (similar to Chinese coin design), with gold outline & filigree. Comb pattern on foot. Inscription on base almost identical to 9-12381. H. 3.7cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12380, described as Dish, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Rectangular shape, flat bottom, short curved out sides and recessed foot. Blue floral motif on center bottom, outlined with gold. Irregular band on sides with gold vine motif on red enamel ground, bordered by blue. Red "weave" pattern near bottom. Two spaces near rim with gold flower on green ground. Three blue filled circles on underside on white ground, (similar to Chinese coin design), with gold outline & filigree. Comb pattern on foot. Inscription on base almost identical to 9-12381. H. 3.7cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12380, described as Dish, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Rectangular shape, flat bottom, short curved out sides and recessed foot. Blue floral motif on center bottom, outlined with gold. Irregular band on sides with gold vine motif on red enamel ground, bordered by blue. Red "weave" pattern near bottom. Two spaces near rim with gold flower on green ground. Three blue filled circles on underside on white ground, (similar to Chinese coin design), with gold outline & filigree. Comb pattern on foot. Inscription on base almost identical to 9-12381. H. 3.7cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12380, described as Dish, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Rectangular shape, flat bottom, short curved out sides and recessed foot. Blue floral motif on center bottom, outlined with gold. Irregular band on sides with gold vine motif on red enamel ground, bordered by blue. Red "weave" pattern near bottom. Two spaces near rim with gold flower on green ground. Three blue filled circles on underside on white ground, (similar to Chinese coin design), with gold outline & filigree. Comb pattern on foot. Inscription on base almost identical to 9-12381. H. 3.7cm.

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