Dish

Museum number:
9-12418
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012418
Alternate number:
None (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, 'Imari' Att. Bowl, porcelain, blue and white. Possibly Imari ware. Flat bottom, short almost straight sides, short foot. Grey-Blue underglaze decoration on blue tinted white ground. Character on center bottom in double ring (Fuku "wealth"). Double ring at base of sides. Same character on two sides, and another (ju "longevity - congratulations") on the other two sides. Crude scrollwork between characters. Four five-petaled flowers on outside. Seal mark near foot. Large chip in rim. Height 5 centimeters, Diameter 12.8 centimeters
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, 'Imari' Att.
Materials:
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 9-12418, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, 'Imari' Att. Bowl, porcelain, blue and white. Possibly Imari ware. Flat bottom, short almost straight sides, short foot. Grey-Blue underglaze decoration on blue tinted white ground. Character on center bottom in double ring (Fuku "wealth"). Double ring at base of sides. Same character on two sides, and another (ju "longevity - congratulations") on the other two sides. Crude scrollwork between characters. Four five-petaled flowers on outside. Seal mark near foot. Large chip in rim. Height 5 centimeters, Diameter 12.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12418, described as Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen), Arita, 'Imari' Att. Bowl, porcelain, blue and white. Possibly Imari ware. Flat bottom, short almost straight sides, short foot. Grey-Blue underglaze decoration on blue tinted white ground. Character on center bottom in double ring (Fuku "wealth"). Double ring at base of sides. Same character on two sides, and another (ju "longevity - congratulations") on the other two sides. Crude scrollwork between characters. Four five-petaled flowers on outside. Seal mark near foot. Large chip in rim. Height 5 centimeters, Diameter 12.8 centimeters

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