Set of Ten Bowls (Hachi) with Egrets
This set of blue-and-white dishes corresponds to sherds unearthed at the early Arita kiln site of Kamanotsuji, dated between 1630 and 1650. The accompanying wooden storage box bears an inscription with a date indicating 1639, making it the earliest known dated box for Arita porcelain. Harry Packard must have recognized the exceptional significance of this remarkably well-preserved and complete set.
Artwork Details
- 染付白鷺文鉢 10口
- Title: Set of Ten Bowls (Hachi) with Egrets
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1639
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type)
- Dimensions: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 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: 1975.268.487
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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