Dish with Cherry Blossoms and Textile Curtains

ca. 1670–90

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 230

With the relocation of the Nabeshima kiln from Iwayagawachi to Ōkawachiyama around the 1660s, the differences in design and quality between commercial Arita ware and the daimyo-sponsored Nabeshima porcelain became more evident, with Nabeshima ware exhibiting greater technical mastery and more refined taste. This example evokes a springtime cherry-viewing picnic. Blue peony sprays painted on the underside suggest that it was made as a tribute piece to the shogun himself. .

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銹釉青磁染付桜幔幕文皿
Title: Dish with Cherry Blossoms and Textile Curtains
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1670–90
Culture: Japan
Medium: Porcelain with celadon glaze, partial iron brown glaze, and cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Dimensions: H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 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: 1975.268.555
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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