Dish

Museum number:
9-12446
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012446
Alternate number:
3285d (original number) and 3285* (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Okawachi kiln (Nabeshima ware) (also known as Okoshi kiln). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Nabeshima ware. Wide shallow bowl shape, on tall foot ring. Four clusters of pomegranates with blue underglaze leaves and branches, and blue-green enamel leaves. Darker blue outline. Pomegranates are in light and dark red enamel with touches of yellow. Pure white ground. Three Chinese coin designs with fillers on underside. Nabeshima 'comb' pattern band around foot. One of a set of four identical plates. Height 4.5 centimeters, rim diameter 21.6 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Saga Prefecture, (Hizen), Arita, Ōkawachi kiln, (Nabeshima ware) also known as Okoshi kiln)
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12446, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Okawachi kiln (Nabeshima ware) (also known as Okoshi kiln). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Nabeshima ware. Wide shallow bowl shape, on tall foot ring. Four clusters of pomegranates with blue underglaze leaves and branches, and blue-green enamel leaves. Darker blue outline. Pomegranates are in light and dark red enamel with touches of yellow. Pure white ground. Three Chinese coin designs with fillers on underside. Nabeshima 'comb' pattern band around foot. One of a set of four identical plates. Height 4.5 centimeters, rim diameter 21.6 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12446, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Okawachi kiln (Nabeshima ware) (also known as Okoshi kiln). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Nabeshima ware. Wide shallow bowl shape, on tall foot ring. Four clusters of pomegranates with blue underglaze leaves and branches, and blue-green enamel leaves. Darker blue outline. Pomegranates are in light and dark red enamel with touches of yellow. Pure white ground. Three Chinese coin designs with fillers on underside. Nabeshima 'comb' pattern band around foot. One of a set of four identical plates. Height 4.5 centimeters, rim diameter 21.6 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12446, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Okawachi kiln (Nabeshima ware) (also known as Okoshi kiln). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Nabeshima ware. Wide shallow bowl shape, on tall foot ring. Four clusters of pomegranates with blue underglaze leaves and branches, and blue-green enamel leaves. Darker blue outline. Pomegranates are in light and dark red enamel with touches of yellow. Pure white ground. Three Chinese coin designs with fillers on underside. Nabeshima 'comb' pattern band around foot. One of a set of four identical plates. Height 4.5 centimeters, rim diameter 21.6 centimeters.

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