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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.

Provenance
(Mathias Komor, New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1960.
Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art (8/30–10/15/1961): “Japanese Decorative Style”

Cleveland Museum of Art (7/5–9/2/1990): “The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection”

Cleveland Museum of Art (3/27-8/28/2011): "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 41

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1964.265