Object Details
- Description
- Blue-and-white; waster, foliated (molded). Plate waster (nearly whole), with another rim fragment adhering.
- Clay: white porcelain.
- Glaze: clear glaze on exterior and iron-brown rim and clear glaze on interior.
- Decoration: iron brown rim, central medallion (two lines), and a leaf design on interior.
- Contains mark on exterior.
- Marks
- Mark in cobalt (Da Min [Great Ming]) on exterior.
- Mark in cobalt (Da Min [Great Ming]) on exterior.
- Provenance
- To 1968
- John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Kamanotsuji 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)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1630-1639
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- D: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in)
- Style
- Arita ware
- Type
- Vessel
