Dish

Museum number:
9-12438
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012438
Alternate number:
3286d (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, short turned out sides, shorter scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black detail. Two flowering trees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green, and yellow enamel, with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern band on underside. Red lacquer 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 9-12438, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, short turned out sides, shorter scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black detail. Two flowering trees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green, and yellow enamel, with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern band on underside. Red lacquer 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 9-12438, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, short turned out sides, shorter scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black detail. Two flowering trees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green, and yellow enamel, with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern band on underside. Red lacquer 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 9-12438, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln (Kakiemon). Plate, porcelain Kakiemon ware. One of four identical plates. Flat bottom, short turned out sides, shorter scalloped rim that turns up. Underglaze blue ring with two birds (partridges?), one blue, the other yellow enamel with black detail. Two flowering trees and bamboo outside the ring in blue, green, and yellow enamel, with red flowers. Dark blue underglaze saw-tooth pattern band on underside. Red lacquer zig-zag band below, near foot. Blue underglaze bands on foot. Height 2.5 centimeters, rim diameter 20 centimeters.

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