Dish with dragon

1680–1700

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201

The motifs of this Kakiemon-style dish are drawn from a Chinese vocabulary of symbols and natural motifs that was widely used in Japanese decorative arts. The circular dragon at the center is a "water dragon," a salamander-like form of this imaginary beast auspiciously associated with water. The motif appears on export porcelain after the late seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Dish with dragon
Date: 1680–1700
Culture: Japanese, for European market
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type)
Dimensions: Diameter: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Object Number: 1995.268.175
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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