The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud

late 1600s–early 1700s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2017.63
Location: 235A Japanese

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.
  • ?–2017
    (Sebastian Izzard, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2017–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • von Spee, Clarissa. “Acquisition Highlights: Asian Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 58, no. 2 (March/April 2018): 10–11. Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 7, 11 archive.org
  • Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.63