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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.
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299304
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Dish with Maple Leaves in Waves
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299304
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Dish with Maple Leaves in Waves
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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.
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late 1600s–early 1700s
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en
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Q60759521
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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2017.62
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Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
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Dish with Maple Leaves in Waves (色絵龍田川文皿), late 1600s–early 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2017.62
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色絵龍田川文皿
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Japanese Art
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This pottery type was named for the Nabeshima family, who established kilns to produce highly refined porcelain meant for diplomatic gifts.
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citation
Von Spee, Clarissa. “Acquisition Highlights: Asian Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 58, no. 2 (March/April 2018): 10–11.
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Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 7, 11
citation
Guth, Christine, and P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art. <em>Exemplary Things: Meibutsu in Premodern Japan. </em>Princeton, N.J.: P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, in association with Princeton University Press, 2025.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 26-27, fig. 2
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-06-18 21:17:35.006000
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299304
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
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