Plate with white plum blossom design / Arakawa Toyozô
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.64
- Title
- Plate with white plum blossom design
- Artist
- Arakawa Toyozô
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894 - 1985
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with iron and white slip painting
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Chûbu (region)
- Gifu-ken (prefecture)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Chûbu (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Gifu-ken (prefecture)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Dimensions
- 3.1 cm x 28.2 cm x 28.2 cm (1 1/4 in. x 11 1/8 in. x 11 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- plate
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- It is a round, stoneware plate. Clay is red covered with mottled grayish glaze and painted with underglaze iron and white slip. Imperfection of clay was resulted in occasional bumps on surface. Six spur marks are visible on the bottom. Slab is roughly cut (deliberately); the plate is in slightly convex shape. Artist’s seal with underglaze iron appears on the bottom.
- Subject Matter
- The plum tree has white blossoms. The plate is intended for serving sweets or food in tea ceremony.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 911 x 947
- File Size
- 68 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.64
- Link to this Item
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"Plate with white plum blossom design; Arakawa Toyozô." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.64/1963_2.64.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
