Horse-Eye Plate / Artist Unknown, Japan

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Accession Number: 2013/1.334
Title: Horse-Eye Plate
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Medium and Support: dark brown stained buff clay body with grog
Object Creation Date: 1st half of the 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of Ann Holmes
Inscription: none
Dimensions: 7.62 cm x 27.94 cm (3 in. x 11 in.)
Century: late Edo Period
Physical Description: Glazed stoneware tan colored plate with dark brown oval swirl designs going around the outside edge. Center of plate is outlined in same dark brown color. Outside rim of plate is also dark brown. Resembles a "horse-eye" pattern.
Primary Keywords: ceramics; dishes; plates
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; vessels for serving and consuming food
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2592 x 3888
File Size: 214 KB
Record: 2013/1.334
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-1.334/2013_1.334.jpg

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Full citation: "Horse-Eye Plate; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-1.334/2013_1.334.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.