Small plate, warped (waster)
Object Details
- Description
- Blue-and-white; Small plate. Dish fragment (part of foot and rim).
- Clay: grayish porcelain.
- Glaze: clear gray glaze with sand attached to foot ring on exterior, cobalt blue pigment under clear gray glaze on interior.
- Decoration: cobalt blue band of plum sprays around rim, central medallion (with two delineating lines), a landscape with a tree, mountains, boat, and water (sketchy).
- Provenance
- To 1968
- John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Kake No Tani kiln site. [1]
- From 1968
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1640-1659
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- FSC-P-1494
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear gray glaze
- Dimensions
- W: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in)
- Style
- Arita ware
- Origin
- Kake-no-tani kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Arita ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- cobalt pigment
- Japan
- porcelain
- glazed
- clear glaze
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-P-1494
