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Dish with designs of tiger and bamboo and blossoming plum

Asian Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Description

    Chrysanthemum-shaped deep plate.
    Clay: fine white porcelain;
    Glaze: lustrous, mild-white;
    Decoration: vitrifiable enamels in tiger, floral and bamboo designs.

    Provenance

    To 1953
    Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
    From 1953
    Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [2]
    Notes:
    [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
    [2] See note 1.

    Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

    Exhibition History

    Summer Whites: Japanese Porcelain (July 1, 1983 to March 15, 1984)
    Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
    Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
    Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
    Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
    Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
    Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

    Previous custodian or owner

    Howard Hollis and Company (established 1949)

    Credit Line

    Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

    Date

    1868-1940

    Period

    Meiji era or later

    Accession Number

    F1953.10

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Vessel

    Medium

    Porcelain with enamels over clear glaze, iron pigment

    Dimensions

    H x W: 5.4 x 28.2 cm (2 1/8 x 11 1/8 in)

    Style

    Arita ware, Kakiemon style

    Origin

    Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

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    National Museum of Asian Art

    Data Source

    National Museum of Asian Art

    Topic

    ceramic
    flower
    Arita ware, Kakiemon type
    tiger
    Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
    bamboo
    plum blossom
    Japan
    porcelain
    Japanese Art

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye320e0ab8e-6156-40e6-a3c3-0db9eaa4d671

    Record ID

    fsg_F1953.10

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