Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud
late 1600s-early 1700s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud, late 1600s-early 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2017.63 The dish is an example of the finest type of early Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with sweet osmanthus, or fragrant olive tree, with iron-red flowers and green and yellow enamels on the leaves. A band of misty clouds in underglaze blue completes the composition. The osmanthus tree was imported from China to southern Japan.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2017.63
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Recent Acquisitions
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 235A Japanese
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