Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud

色絵木犀文皿

late 1600s-early 1700s
Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
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Location: 235A Japanese

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Description

The dish is an example of the finest type of early Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with sweet osmanthus, or fragrant olive tree, with iron-red flowers and green and yellow enamels on the leaves. A band of misty clouds in underglaze blue completes the composition. The osmanthus tree was imported from China to southern Japan.
Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud

Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud

late 1600s-early 1700s

Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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