Object Details
Description
Large dish with upcurved edge and plain rim.
Clay: porcelain, grayish white with some dark impurities.
Glaze: transparent, slightly greenish cast. Footrim unglazed and rough, some small chips.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, dark blue outline filled with three shades of blue wash, details in dark blue. On front, two large full-blown peony blossoms to left and moss-covered rock to right, partially obscured by bands of conventionalized mist. On back, two variations of cash design, repeated in alternation four times each.
Inscriptions
Mark: false Ming dynasty Chenghua era (1465-87) six-character mark on base.
Provenance
To 1988
Okochi Sadao, Nagoya, Japan. [1]
From 1988
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Okochi Sadao, Nagoya, Japan. [2]
Notes:
[1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Okochi Sadao
Credit Line
Gift of Okochi Sadao
Date
1750-1800
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1988.12
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x W x D: 6.4 x 29.8 x 29.8 cm (2 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in)
Style
Arita ware
Origin
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
peony
Arita ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
cobalt pigment
Japan
porcelain
Japanese Art
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Record ID
fsg_F1988.12