Dish with Design of Birds and Peony
- Culture
- Japanese
- Period
- Edo period, 1615–1868
- Date
- second half of the 17th century
- made in
- Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan, Asia
- Classification
- Ceramics, containers
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- diameter: 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henry B. Pflager and Katherine King Pflager
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 103:1976
NOTES
This large dish features a simple, quiet design of resting birds and a spray of peony framed within double circular lines. The asymmetry of the central composition is a typical feature of Japanese visual art. The flower suggests a springtime theme, which coincides with the mating season of most birds. The flattened interior side, broad rim, and use of geometric and floral patterning on the rim are reminiscent of earlier 17th-century Arita wares. However, the character of the glaze and body of this dish indicates a date of manufacture after 1650.
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