Dish

Museum number:
9-12379
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012379
Alternate number:
3178 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Platter, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Square, flat bottom, flared out sides and scalloped edge. Hoo bird in gold lacquer on right red scroll pattern ground faces orange-red dragon on same ground of gold. Blue underglaze band with floral pattern. Four panels on sides with depictions of grass and water framed by floral and cross-hatched borders in various enamel colors. Red and gold diamond "textile" pattern ground between panels. Gold on rim. Blue underglaze scrollwork on underside and comb tooth band around foot. Label on base marked "made in occupied Japan". H. 4.2 cm. 27 x 27 cm.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating), Glaze (coating by location), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12379, described as Platter, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Square, flat bottom, flared out sides and scalloped edge. Hoo bird in gold lacquer on right red scroll pattern ground faces orange-red dragon on same ground of gold. Blue underglaze band with floral pattern. Four panels on sides with depictions of grass and water framed by floral and cross-hatched borders in various enamel colors. Red and gold diamond "textile" pattern ground between panels. Gold on rim. Blue underglaze scrollwork on underside and comb tooth band around foot. Label on base marked "made in occupied Japan". H. 4.2 cm. 27 x 27 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12379, described as Platter, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Square, flat bottom, flared out sides and scalloped edge. Hoo bird in gold lacquer on right red scroll pattern ground faces orange-red dragon on same ground of gold. Blue underglaze band with floral pattern. Four panels on sides with depictions of grass and water framed by floral and cross-hatched borders in various enamel colors. Red and gold diamond "textile" pattern ground between panels. Gold on rim. Blue underglaze scrollwork on underside and comb tooth band around foot. Label on base marked "made in occupied Japan". H. 4.2 cm. 27 x 27 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12379, described as Platter, porcelain with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration. "Imari" ware. Square, flat bottom, flared out sides and scalloped edge. Hoo bird in gold lacquer on right red scroll pattern ground faces orange-red dragon on same ground of gold. Blue underglaze band with floral pattern. Four panels on sides with depictions of grass and water framed by floral and cross-hatched borders in various enamel colors. Red and gold diamond "textile" pattern ground between panels. Gold on rim. Blue underglaze scrollwork on underside and comb tooth band around foot. Label on base marked "made in occupied Japan". H. 4.2 cm. 27 x 27 cm.

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