Hanging Flower Holder (Hanaire) with Woman Holding a Flag
One of the first Imari works Harry Packard acquired, this hanging vase features a striking depiction of a young woman—an unusual subject in early Japanese porcelain. Rendered on a flat, narrow surface, the figure recalls Kanbun-era (1661–73) paintings of beauties. For Packard, the piece exemplified both the freedom of Japanese potter-decorators to explore new motifs and the fluid exchange of themes between ceramics and painting.
Artwork Details
- 染付旗持人物文掛花入
- Title: Hanging Flower Holder (Hanaire) with Woman Holding a Flag
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1660–70s
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type)
- Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.268.473
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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