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Ogata Kōrin. Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves, c. 1700. Glazed stoneware with iron oxide underglaze slip, Overall: 22 x 22 x 2.7 cm (8 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 1/16 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.365. CC0.
Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves
c. 1700
Ogata Kōrin
Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)
Japanese Art
Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves, c. 1700. Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716), Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743). Glazed stoneware with iron oxide underglaze slip; overall: 22 x 22 x 2.7 cm (8 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1966.365 The Ogata brothers Kōrin and Kenzan often collaborated on ceramics. This dish is one of a set used for serving tea cakes. Kenzan shaped the dish, after which Kōrin drew the iron oxide design of plovers, a type of shorebird, flying over waves. Kenzan then covered the object with a clear glaze and fired it. Kōrin placed his signature next to his design, while Kenzan signed the back.
Overall: 22 x 22 x 2.7 cm (8 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Inscribed
Inscription: design painted by Korin and signed "Jakumei Korin Gaku"; inner and outer faces of four walls probably painted by an assistant at the kiln, underside of dish signed, "Kenzan."