Dish

1660–70

Not on view

Chinese ceramics were traded on a vast scale across South and Southeast Asia as well as Korea and Japan. With the disruption of this trade and of the kiln production at Jingdezhen at the end of the Ming dynasty (ca. 1644), kilns in Japan took up the manufacture of popular blue-and-white designs to supply both domestic and export demands. The shape of this plate, its palette, and the division of patterns into a circular field and broad rim are of Chinese origin, yet the interpretation of motifs (clouds, pines, and pavilions) shows a Japanese approach to design, especially in the asymmetrical balance of forms.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Dish
Date: 1660–70
Culture: Japanese, for European market
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Diameter: 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Object Number: 1995.268.7
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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