Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design / Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1964/1.99
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1643
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kyushu-chiho (region)
- Saga (prefecture)
- Arita (city)
- 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 (city)
- Dimensions
- 21.7 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm (8 9/16 in. x 7 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- jar
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- A medium size, well potted jar with round shoulder and shorter neck. Inside is not totally glazed. On the body, pine, bamboo, and plum trees are finely painted with blue underglaze. Then a translucent glaze is applied, which turns into milky, white color. It has three floral decorations on the shoulder; the decoration is originated in functional elements of “ears” to which ropes were tied for transportation. The neck has a band of double lines and spray design of peony flowers and leaves. The rim of the neck is unglazed. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. Some imperfections of glaze are seen toward the bottom. Glaze is scraped off on one part. Many speckles on the surface.
- Subject Matter
- The three plants depicted here, pine, bamboo, and plum, are called “three friends in winter,” and have been depicted in many forms of Japanese decorative arts throughout its history. They symbolize long life and cultured gentlemen.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- evergreens
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 589 x 651
- File Size
- 23 KB
- Record
- 1964/1.99
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"Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design; Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-1.99/1964_1.99.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
