Dish

Museum number:
9-12422
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3174a (original number) and 3174* (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kutani Plate, porcelain, Kutani ware. Square with corners cut off making eight sides. Red Hoo bird on a yellow and green enamel tree stump, blue waves on white ground. Yellow band around base of sides. Red enamel geometric band above yellow. Wider band of dark blue at rim with floral textile pattern drawn in black. Four panels on the blue band with two alternating designs with in: two with conch shell over whisk; and two with artemisia leaf over whisk. Brown rim four leaf and twig designs on underside, probably artemisia leaf motif, with three circles on each corner. Blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern on foot. Black and green Fuku "prosperity" seal mark on base, a common mark on Kutani ware. Height 3.5 centimeters, Sides 21.5 centimeters each.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Ishikawa Pref., Kutani
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating) and Porcelain (material)
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 9-12422, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kutani Plate, porcelain, Kutani ware. Square with corners cut off making eight sides. Red Hoo bird on a yellow and green enamel tree stump, blue waves on white ground. Yellow band around base of sides. Red enamel geometric band above yellow. Wider band of dark blue at rim with floral textile pattern drawn in black. Four panels on the blue band with two alternating designs with in: two with conch shell over whisk; and two with artemisia leaf over whisk. Brown rim four leaf and twig designs on underside, probably artemisia leaf motif, with three circles on each corner. Blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern on foot. Black and green Fuku "prosperity" seal mark on base, a common mark on Kutani ware. Height 3.5 centimeters, Sides 21.5 centimeters each.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12422, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kutani Plate, porcelain, Kutani ware. Square with corners cut off making eight sides. Red Hoo bird on a yellow and green enamel tree stump, blue waves on white ground. Yellow band around base of sides. Red enamel geometric band above yellow. Wider band of dark blue at rim with floral textile pattern drawn in black. Four panels on the blue band with two alternating designs with in: two with conch shell over whisk; and two with artemisia leaf over whisk. Brown rim four leaf and twig designs on underside, probably artemisia leaf motif, with three circles on each corner. Blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern on foot. Black and green Fuku "prosperity" seal mark on base, a common mark on Kutani ware. Height 3.5 centimeters, Sides 21.5 centimeters each.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12422, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kutani Plate, porcelain, Kutani ware. Square with corners cut off making eight sides. Red Hoo bird on a yellow and green enamel tree stump, blue waves on white ground. Yellow band around base of sides. Red enamel geometric band above yellow. Wider band of dark blue at rim with floral textile pattern drawn in black. Four panels on the blue band with two alternating designs with in: two with conch shell over whisk; and two with artemisia leaf over whisk. Brown rim four leaf and twig designs on underside, probably artemisia leaf motif, with three circles on each corner. Blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern on foot. Black and green Fuku "prosperity" seal mark on base, a common mark on Kutani ware. Height 3.5 centimeters, Sides 21.5 centimeters each.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12422, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kutani Plate, porcelain, Kutani ware. Square with corners cut off making eight sides. Red Hoo bird on a yellow and green enamel tree stump, blue waves on white ground. Yellow band around base of sides. Red enamel geometric band above yellow. Wider band of dark blue at rim with floral textile pattern drawn in black. Four panels on the blue band with two alternating designs with in: two with conch shell over whisk; and two with artemisia leaf over whisk. Brown rim four leaf and twig designs on underside, probably artemisia leaf motif, with three circles on each corner. Blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern on foot. Black and green Fuku "prosperity" seal mark on base, a common mark on Kutani ware. Height 3.5 centimeters, Sides 21.5 centimeters each.

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