Tray

Museum number:
9-12425
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012425
Alternate number:
3187 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture (Kaga), Kutani. Platter, with bail handle, porcelain; with overglaze enamel decoration. Kutani ware. Viewed from top: oblong shape with longsides deeply concave and short sides convex (violin shape). Bail handle joins body at middle of concave sides. Thick massive walls; short vertical sides. Wide rim with brown pigment (beni-e). Bold elaborate decoration on interior in rich enamels: deep blue, dark purple, green, red and yellow enamels, with black lacquer. Yellow wave bordering field of white. Pheasant (?) on tree stump, flowers, grass etc. Leaf and flower design with blue scroll design. Five petal flower design on outer side. Floral design on handle. Foot gouged out. Yellow seal mark (Fuku "prosperity") on base. Height with handle 17 centimeters, maximum length 31 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Ishikawa Pref. (Kaga), Kutani
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trays
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 9-12425, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture (Kaga), Kutani. Platter, with bail handle, porcelain; with overglaze enamel decoration. Kutani ware. Viewed from top: oblong shape with longsides deeply concave and short sides convex (violin shape). Bail handle joins body at middle of concave sides. Thick massive walls; short vertical sides. Wide rim with brown pigment (beni-e). Bold elaborate decoration on interior in rich enamels: deep blue, dark purple, green, red and yellow enamels, with black lacquer. Yellow wave bordering field of white. Pheasant (?) on tree stump, flowers, grass etc. Leaf and flower design with blue scroll design. Five petal flower design on outer side. Floral design on handle. Foot gouged out. Yellow seal mark (Fuku "prosperity") on base. Height with handle 17 centimeters, maximum length 31 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 9-12425, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture (Kaga), Kutani. Platter, with bail handle, porcelain; with overglaze enamel decoration. Kutani ware. Viewed from top: oblong shape with longsides deeply concave and short sides convex (violin shape). Bail handle joins body at middle of concave sides. Thick massive walls; short vertical sides. Wide rim with brown pigment (beni-e). Bold elaborate decoration on interior in rich enamels: deep blue, dark purple, green, red and yellow enamels, with black lacquer. Yellow wave bordering field of white. Pheasant (?) on tree stump, flowers, grass etc. Leaf and flower design with blue scroll design. Five petal flower design on outer side. Floral design on handle. Foot gouged out. Yellow seal mark (Fuku "prosperity") on base. Height with handle 17 centimeters, maximum length 31 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 9-12425, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture (Kaga), Kutani. Platter, with bail handle, porcelain; with overglaze enamel decoration. Kutani ware. Viewed from top: oblong shape with longsides deeply concave and short sides convex (violin shape). Bail handle joins body at middle of concave sides. Thick massive walls; short vertical sides. Wide rim with brown pigment (beni-e). Bold elaborate decoration on interior in rich enamels: deep blue, dark purple, green, red and yellow enamels, with black lacquer. Yellow wave bordering field of white. Pheasant (?) on tree stump, flowers, grass etc. Leaf and flower design with blue scroll design. Five petal flower design on outer side. Floral design on handle. Foot gouged out. Yellow seal mark (Fuku "prosperity") on base. Height with handle 17 centimeters, maximum length 31 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 9-12425, described as Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture (Kaga), Kutani. Platter, with bail handle, porcelain; with overglaze enamel decoration. Kutani ware. Viewed from top: oblong shape with longsides deeply concave and short sides convex (violin shape). Bail handle joins body at middle of concave sides. Thick massive walls; short vertical sides. Wide rim with brown pigment (beni-e). Bold elaborate decoration on interior in rich enamels: deep blue, dark purple, green, red and yellow enamels, with black lacquer. Yellow wave bordering field of white. Pheasant (?) on tree stump, flowers, grass etc. Leaf and flower design with blue scroll design. Five petal flower design on outer side. Floral design on handle. Foot gouged out. Yellow seal mark (Fuku "prosperity") on base. Height with handle 17 centimeters, maximum length 31 centimeters.

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