Small dish, fragment with complete footrim

Small dish, fragment with complete foot rim.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: clear with pale blue tint.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Inside: hydrangea flowers, leaves and vine. Outside: comb pattern on foot.
Mark: none. “Made in Japan” sticker.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1690-1730
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Style
Arita ware, Nabeshima type
Dimensions
W: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Imari, Okawachi kiln group
Credit Line
Gift of Harold P. Stern, 1956
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-292
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish (fragment)

Keywords
Arita ware, Arita ware, Nabeshima type, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Nabeshima ware
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Small dish, fragment with complete foot rim.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: clear with pale blue tint.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Inside: hydrangea flowers, leaves and vine. Outside: comb pattern on foot.
Mark: none. "Made in Japan" sticker.

Marking(s)

"Made in Japan" sticker.

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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