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Dish with Chrysanthemums and Marigolds

1700s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
Imari ware porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gold decoration
Diameter: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.265
Location: Not on view

Description

In the Edo period, the chrysanthemum was one of the most popular motifs for porcelains exported to Europe. This dish shows that the chrysanthemum pattern applied well to colored porcelains after the Japanese learned the technique of firing wares at a high temperature. Four kinds of large chrysanthemum patterns are represented here. Tiny marigolds or wild chrysanthemums are spread across the entire dish. Gold, called kinrantei, was painted onto the 16-layered chrysanthemums, and red and blue onto the others. Red outlines strengthen the decorative beauty while gold outlines adorn the large chrysanthemum.
  • (Mathias Komor, New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1960.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 59-60, no. 41
  • The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
    Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
    The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
    Cleveland Museum of Art (8/30–10/15/1961): “Japanese Decorative Style”
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