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Covered bowl with plum design

Date1660 - 70s

Label TextThis lidded bowl in the early Kakiemon style, which emerged in the Arita area of Kyushu in the mid-1600s, features blossoming plum trees, bamboo, and cloud motifs framed by bold red stripes. Executed in four colors—red, blue, green, and black—the playful design is informed by earlier Chinese Zhangzhou (also Swatow) ware, which was exported to Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe in large numbers in the late 1500s and early 1600s. Like the Chinese wares that inspired it, this bowl was produced in Japan for a foreign market.

Object number56.125

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan A. Cole

Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Japan, Suntory Museum of Art, Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum, July 25 - Sept. 6, 2009 (Kobe, Japan, Kobe City Museum, Sept. 19 - Dec. 6, 2009; Kofu, Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Dec. 23, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010; Atami, Japan, MOA Museum of Art, Mar. 13 - May 9, 2010; Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, May 23 - July 19, 2010). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct. 13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012.Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 151 Kawai, Masatomo, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Yukiko Sirahara, editors, "Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum", 2009, The Yomiuri Shimbun, catalogue number 23

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

DimensionsHeight: 6 1/8 in. (15.6cm)

MediumArita ware, Kakiemon style; porcelain with overglaze enamels