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Oct 13, 2010
Oct 13, 2010
Dish with Figures in a Garden
Dish with Figures in a Garden
1700s
Japan, Edo period
(1615-1868)
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Imari style)
Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); height: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.257
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This decorative porcelain—mass-produced for the export market in Europe—is inscribed with a poem from The Gateless Gate or The Gateless Barrier (Wuwen kuan in Chinese and Mumonkan in Japanese) by the Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huihai (1183–1260). The inscription reads, "I always remember the spring in the south. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!"
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