Dish

Museum number:
9-12437
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012437
Alternate number:
3286c (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032.05
Description:
Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara Kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain, Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, shallow, sides turn out, short scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds within (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black outline, and detail. Two flowering treees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green and yellow enamel with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth band on underside; red zig-zag band below near foot; blue underglaze bands on foot. Height 2.5 centimeters, rim diameter 20 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 Kiln (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 9-12437, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara Kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain, Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, shallow, sides turn out, short scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds within (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black outline, and detail. Two flowering treees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green and yellow enamel with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth band on underside; red zig-zag band below near foot; blue underglaze bands on foot. Height 2.5 centimeters, rim diameter 20 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12437, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara Kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain, Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, shallow, sides turn out, short scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds within (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black outline, and detail. Two flowering treees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green and yellow enamel with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth band on underside; red zig-zag band below near foot; blue underglaze bands on foot. Height 2.5 centimeters, rim diameter 20 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12437, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara Kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain, Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, shallow, sides turn out, short scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds within (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black outline, and detail. Two flowering treees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green and yellow enamel with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth band on underside; red zig-zag band below near foot; blue underglaze bands on foot. Height 2.5 centimeters, rim diameter 20 centimeters.

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