Ten-sided dish

Dateearly 18th century

Label TextIn this Japanese depiction of a yellow tiger, the banded hedge motif accompanies the bamboo and prunus decoration. The banded hedge appears here in the form of an enclosure of grasses or reeds bound with cloth bands and encircling the trunk of each tree. Of the nineteen types of fences and hedges defined during the mid-fifteenth century in the Japanese rules of gardening, the banded hedge was the most respected.

Object number76.98

ProvenanceCollection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until 1976; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1976

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 172

Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

Dimensions5 1/2in. (14cm), diam. height: 1 1/8in. (2.9cm)

MediumHard paste porcelain