Object Details
- Description
- Clay: white porcelain. Five spur marks on base.
- Glaze: transparent, slightly grayish with some black specks.
- Decoration: underglaze blue, a floral border, and in center, stylized pine tree leaning over a small plant. Outside, 2 stylized lotus scrolls.
- Mark: Imitation 4-character Ming Ch'eng-hua mark badly written on base.
- Marks
- Imitation Ming Ch'eng hua mark badly written on base
- Label
- The numerous Arita-area kilns produced various styles of enameled porcelains, but pieces decorated simply with underglaze cobalt were always the mainstay, especially for the domestic market. The lineage of this much-simplified garden-like motif within a floral border may be traced to the large blue-and-white plates of the Chinese Yuan dynasty. The Chinese associations of the decoration are emphasized by an imitation Ming dynasty Chenghua reign (1465–1487) mark written on the base.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)
- Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1740-1780
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt under clear, colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 x 37.4 cm (2 3/4 x 14 3/4 in)
- Style
- Arita ware
- Type
- Vessel
