Large Dish with Persimmon Branch
Unknown Artist
mid- to late 1600s
Medium
Porcelain with underglaze black and overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, Ko-Kutani style)
Dimensions
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Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Accession Number
1964.245
About this artwork
This large plate is considered to have been produced in Kyushu, and is in a palette of Ko-Kutani style works called aode (literally, bluish-green hand) for the deep blue, green, purple, and yellow overglaze enamels that completely cover their surfaces. Ko-Kutani means “old Kutani,” and can refer to two kinds of porcelains. One kind is said to have been produced in the village of Kutani in present-day Ishikawa prefecture in the mid-1600s through the early 1700s. The other kind, decorated with sim...