Shaving bowl with design of long-tail bird and flowers / Artist Unknown, Imari ware, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 2002/2.7
- Title
- Shaving bowl with design of long-tail bird and flowers
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze, and enamel overglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- mid 17th century
- 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
- 7.2 cm x 27 cm x 27 cm (2 13/16 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 10 5/8 in.)
- Century
- Mid-17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- bowl
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- bowl
- Physical Description
- A medium size, shallow bowl with a semi-circular cut out on the rim. The bowl has flat surface on the rim and is concaved in the middle like a soup bowl. It has two holes on the opposite side of the cut out and a short foot. There is a blue band around the rim. There are two long-tailed birds in red, pale orange and yellow, perched on a blue pine tree which grows underneath the birds. Behind the pine tree trunk, there is a cherry tree in full blossom, its brunches extends in circle around the rim. The cherry tree and blossoms are in red, pale orange and yellow. More cherry flowers adorn the background of the birds. There are also red peonies on the left side of the pine tree; peony flowers also appear as spray on the four sides of the rim, backed by blue cloud design.
- Subject Matter
- Combination of birds and flowers is popular motif called “bird-and-flower” painting in East Asian cultures. The two birds and cherry blossoms suggest that this is a spring scene. The cut out is where a person places his neck, and the two holes opposite the neck recess are used to string the cord around the neck during shaving. Pewter and silver shaving basins were common toilet articles in mid 17th century Europe and were ordered by the Dutch East India Company as early as 1662. (Reference: Imari: Japanese Porcelain for European Palaces from the Freda and Ralph Lupin Collection)
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- buildings and the land
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- deciduous trees
- evergreens
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- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1828 x 1806
- File Size
- 439 KB
- Record
- 2002/2.7
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"Shaving bowl with design of long-tail bird and flowers; Artist Unknown, Imari ware, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.7/2002_2.7.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.
