Object Details
- Description
- Clay: porcelain.
- Glaze: clear.
- Decoration: Double line around central medaillon with plum spray inside; three bow string lines around the foot. Feather and chrysanthemum medaillon pattern on exterior of attached fragment.
- Inscription: on bottom.
- Inscriptions
- Four Chinese characters "Ta Min" (Great Ming China?) and "nen sei"? (made in the year of).
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 17th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6.2 x 10.5 cm (2 7/16 x 4 1/8 in)
- Style
- Arita ware
- Type
- Vessel
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