Dish with tiger and bamboo

ca. 1720

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201

The Chinese-inspired pairing of tiger and bamboo has a long history in the Japanese decorative arts. Connotations of strength and flexibility made it a particularly popular motif for large-scale paintings for sliding wall panels in the castles of powerful feudal lords during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Title: Dish with tiger and bamboo
Date: ca. 1720
Culture: Japanese, for European market
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type)
Dimensions: Diameter: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Object Number: 1995.268.184
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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