Dish with Maple Leaves in Waves
Unknown Artist
late 1600s-early 1700s
Medium
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Dimensions
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Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
2017.62
About this artwork
The dish is an example of the finest type of Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with maple leaves in iron-red and green and yellow enamels floating on the rough waters of a fast flowing stream in underglaze blue. It has been associated with the classical poetry motif of maple leaves on the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture.