Octagonal plate
Dateca. 1800
Maker
Japanese
Label TextA design of peony and rocks, both representing long life, ornaments this underglaze blue porcelain, known in Japanese as sometsuke ware. A color-resist technique was used, in which the white design appears in negative against a deep cobalt ground. Stencils and stamps were often used in applying the decoration in the mid-Edo period.
Object number98.47.10.2
Credit LineBequest of Frank D. Stout
Dimensions1 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.
MediumImari ware (porcelain decorated in underglaze blue)
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