Plate with three vase design (one of five with 1964/1.100-103) / Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1964/1.104
- Title
- Plate with three vase design (one of five with 1964/1.100-103)
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- early 18th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kyushu-chiho (region)
- Saga (prefecture)
- Arita
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kyushu-chiho (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Saga (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Arita
- Dimensions
- 4 cm x 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm (1 9/16 in. x 6 in. x 6 in.)
- Century
- Early 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- dish
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- A circular, smaller white porcelain plate. On the upper surface, three vases, similar in shape, are shown overlapping diagonally in blue background. The two outer vases run off the plate’s rim. They are outlined in underglaze blue and are against a painted light-blue background. The left vase is covered with a white glaze (which left unpainted) under a red key-fret design. The center vase is totally covered with a white crackle pattern done in blue underglaze line. The right vase has a design of evenly-spaced red flowers. Precise flat bases are combined with a rather awkward suggestion of a three-dimensional view of the lips. The back has a triple representation of peony buds surrounded by fine branching stems and leaves. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.”)
- Subject Matter
- The Nabeshima wares were used by the local governing family as part of their annual tribute to the Tokugawa overlords.The three vases depicted here may be derived from some of Chinese T’ang ceramics, for the lower section of the fret and flower vases is suggesting an area left unglazed with the glaze running down towards the foot of the vases, a design which is seen in those Chinese ceramics. But the exact patterns drawn here indicate that the artist was not a ceramist or he would know that such precise patterns could not be preserved in a fluid glaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.”)
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- dishes
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- motifs
- natural landscapes
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- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 667 x 626
- File Size
- 56 KB
- Record
- 1964/1.104
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"Plate with three vase design (one of five with 1964/1.100-103); Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-1.104/1964_1.104.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.