Dish

Museum number:
9-12434
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012434
Alternate number:
3202b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032.05
Description:
Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. Shallow bowl with scalloped rim resembling 8-brace marks. Lower half of sides almost vertical, with small ribs; upper half turns out. Almost flat bottom, short foot. Delicate design on bottom depicting Japanese rooster and hen in red, blue, green, and black enamel, and a yellow chick. Bamboo trees to one side with blue, green, and red leaves. Pure white ground. 8 symmetrical scroll and flower designs on border. Two flowering branch designs underneath. Height 3.5 centimeters, rim diameter 18 centimeters. This is a replica according to Koji Ohashi.
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 9-12434, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. Shallow bowl with scalloped rim resembling 8-brace marks. Lower half of sides almost vertical, with small ribs; upper half turns out. Almost flat bottom, short foot. Delicate design on bottom depicting Japanese rooster and hen in red, blue, green, and black enamel, and a yellow chick. Bamboo trees to one side with blue, green, and red leaves. Pure white ground. 8 symmetrical scroll and flower designs on border. Two flowering branch designs underneath. Height 3.5 centimeters, rim diameter 18 centimeters. This is a replica according to Koji Ohashi.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12434, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. Shallow bowl with scalloped rim resembling 8-brace marks. Lower half of sides almost vertical, with small ribs; upper half turns out. Almost flat bottom, short foot. Delicate design on bottom depicting Japanese rooster and hen in red, blue, green, and black enamel, and a yellow chick. Bamboo trees to one side with blue, green, and red leaves. Pure white ground. 8 symmetrical scroll and flower designs on border. Two flowering branch designs underneath. Height 3.5 centimeters, rim diameter 18 centimeters. This is a replica according to Koji Ohashi.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12434, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, Nangawara kiln. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Kakiemon ware. Shallow bowl with scalloped rim resembling 8-brace marks. Lower half of sides almost vertical, with small ribs; upper half turns out. Almost flat bottom, short foot. Delicate design on bottom depicting Japanese rooster and hen in red, blue, green, and black enamel, and a yellow chick. Bamboo trees to one side with blue, green, and red leaves. Pure white ground. 8 symmetrical scroll and flower designs on border. Two flowering branch designs underneath. Height 3.5 centimeters, rim diameter 18 centimeters. This is a replica according to Koji Ohashi.

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