Dish

Museum number:
9-12441
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012441
Alternate number:
3287c (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032.05
Description:
Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kilns (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. One of four. Small shallow bowl shape, scalloped rim (to resemble chrysanthemum petals?). Upperside has molded relief design with leaf motif. Small delicate enamel design to one side depicting chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, with bamboo crossed stakes, in blue, green, and yellow enamels, with red and gold flowers. Three grass-hoppers above. White ground with blue tint at low spots of relief. Underside has two flowering fruit tree designs on opposite sides. Height 3 centimeters, rim diameter 16 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, nangawara Kilns, (Kakiemon)
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12441, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kilns (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. One of four. Small shallow bowl shape, scalloped rim (to resemble chrysanthemum petals?). Upperside has molded relief design with leaf motif. Small delicate enamel design to one side depicting chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, with bamboo crossed stakes, in blue, green, and yellow enamels, with red and gold flowers. Three grass-hoppers above. White ground with blue tint at low spots of relief. Underside has two flowering fruit tree designs on opposite sides. Height 3 centimeters, rim diameter 16 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12441, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kilns (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. One of four. Small shallow bowl shape, scalloped rim (to resemble chrysanthemum petals?). Upperside has molded relief design with leaf motif. Small delicate enamel design to one side depicting chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, with bamboo crossed stakes, in blue, green, and yellow enamels, with red and gold flowers. Three grass-hoppers above. White ground with blue tint at low spots of relief. Underside has two flowering fruit tree designs on opposite sides. Height 3 centimeters, rim diameter 16 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12441, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kilns (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. One of four. Small shallow bowl shape, scalloped rim (to resemble chrysanthemum petals?). Upperside has molded relief design with leaf motif. Small delicate enamel design to one side depicting chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, with bamboo crossed stakes, in blue, green, and yellow enamels, with red and gold flowers. Three grass-hoppers above. White ground with blue tint at low spots of relief. Underside has two flowering fruit tree designs on opposite sides. Height 3 centimeters, rim diameter 16 centimeters.

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