Shallow porcelain bowl with carved design of four baby quails / Katô Hajime
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.67
- Title
- Shallow porcelain bowl with carved design of four baby quails
- Artist
- Katô Hajime
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900 - 1968
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain, carved
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-1963
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Dimensions
- 8 cm x 31.2 cm (3 1/8 in. x 12 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- bowl
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- bowl
- Physical Description
- White porcelain bowl with carved inside and smooth outside. A ring is carved along the inside rim, and below are quails alternating with grasses.
- Subject Matter
- The green pheasant, kiji in Japanese, was adopted as the National bird of Japan in 1947. They have been said to be a symbol of motherly love, and also with the bright plumage of the males used to attract mates, a symbol of masculinity.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- vessels
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1183 x 665
- File Size
- 33 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.67
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"Shallow porcelain bowl with carved design of four baby quails; Katô Hajime." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.67/1963_2.67.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.