Octagonal dish with Hob in the Well design

Details

• Title

  Octagonal dish with Hob in the Well design

• Artist/maker

  Kakiemon workshops (established mid-17th century) (potter)

• Associated people

  Sima Guang (1019 - 1086) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites › Nangawara › Kakiemon kiln-sites (place of creation)

  Europe (original location)

• Date

  c. 1700
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  nigoshide porcelain, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold; iron-brown glaze on the rim, with gilded decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled;

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  3.3 cm (height)
  20.4 cm max. (diameter)
  at foot 11.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 35 | West meets East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.573

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