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The clever design on this stoneware Awata-style dish makes use of the interior and exterior surfaces to present a close-up view of pine needles on the branch painted in underglaze iron oxide. The branch is shown on the outside of one side of the dish, while the needles fan out across the inside. The entire dish, when seen from above, reveals a shape resembling the mushroom cap–like motif appearing in textile designs and in classical Japanese paintings called Yamato-e to represent pine trees.
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447707
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Pine-shaped Dish
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447707
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object
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Pine-shaped Dish
description
The clever design on this stoneware Awata-style dish makes use of the interior and exterior surfaces to present a close-up view of pine needles on the branch painted in underglaze iron oxide. The branch is shown on the outside of one side of the dish, while the needles fan out across the inside. The entire dish, when seen from above, reveals a shape resembling the mushroom cap–like motif appearing in textile designs and in classical Japanese paintings called Yamato-e to represent pine trees.
date
1893–1914
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117706834
creators
299428
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Ceramic
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1
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import
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height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); length: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); width: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.182
Source extras
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Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and crackled glaze
tombstone
Pine-shaped Dish, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and crackled glaze; height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); length: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); width: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.182
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Awata ware, named for the area of Kyoto where it was historically produced, is considered a subset of Kyoto ware. It is characterized by a very light brown body with a transparent crackled glaze.
citations
citation
Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. <em>Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 38, p. 111
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:01:39.586000
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447707
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and crackled glaze
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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