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Source Description
This dish is a sophisticated example of later ceramists reinterpreting earlier styles of Japanese porcelain. The colors and patterns used look similar to some works produced on the island of Kyushu in the1600s and 1700s. However, the idea to combine alternating blocks of yellow, green, purple, and blue with a "Chinese grasses" (<em>karakusa</em>) pattern around the rim of the dish is one hit upon in the early 1900s by an artist familiar with the colors and patterns of earlier works.
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144614
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Plate with Bird and Flower
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144614
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object
title
Plate with Bird and Flower
description
This dish is a sophisticated example of later ceramists reinterpreting earlier styles of Japanese porcelain. The colors and patterns used look similar to some works produced on the island of Kyushu in the1600s and 1700s. However, the idea to combine alternating blocks of yellow, green, purple, and blue with a "Chinese grasses" (<em>karakusa</em>) pattern around the rim of the dish is one hit upon in the early 1900s by an artist familiar with the colors and patterns of earlier works.
date
early 1900s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q60752888
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Ceramic
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taishō period (1912–26)
accession
1969.253
Source extras
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Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Ko-Kutani revival style)
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Plate with Bird and Flower, early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taishō period (1912–26). Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Ko-Kutani revival style); diameter: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Terrence O. Kennedy in memory of her husband, Terrence O. Kennedy, 1969.253
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Porcelain must be fired at a high temperature to achieve its strength and semitranslucent surface.
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 147-148, no. 151
creditline
Gift of Mrs. Terrence O. Kennedy in memory of her husband, Terrence O. Kennedy
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2026-05-29 07:25:53.891000
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144614
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Ko-Kutani revival style)
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