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Source Description
This kakiemon-type jar with plum design is a product made for the European markets. Here, Japanese kakiemon potters transformed the typical plum, bamboo, and pine motifs into a theme appreciating the plum. The 9th-century Japanese scholar and politician Sugawara Michizane established the plum as a symbol of scholarship. An excellent poet, particularly of Chinese-style poetry, he was also well known for his love of plum blossoms. Later, the plum came to represent tenmangu, a shrine for Sugawara.
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140313
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Pair of Hexagonal Jars
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140313
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Pair of Hexagonal Jars
description
This kakiemon-type jar with plum design is a product made for the European markets. Here, Japanese kakiemon potters transformed the typical plum, bamboo, and pine motifs into a theme appreciating the plum. The 9th-century Japanese scholar and politician Sugawara Michizane established the plum as a symbol of scholarship. An excellent poet, particularly of Chinese-style poetry, he was also well known for his love of plum blossoms. Later, the plum came to represent tenmangu, a shrine for Sugawara.
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late 1600s
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en
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Q80038361
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Ceramic
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Overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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1964.273
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porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type)
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Pair of Hexagonal Jars, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type); overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.273
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Japanese Art
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 82-83, no. 79
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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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2026-05-29 07:12:19.074000
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140313
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type)
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