Plate

late 17th century

The decorative brown rim copies Chinese export wares, which were often glazed this way to cover the easily chipped edges. The overglaze blue enamel seen on the tree trunks was a Japanese innovation, which was later introduced into Chinese overglaze painted porcelain. Substituting for underglaze blue, it facilitated the making of polychrome ware in one firing, instead of the two needed for under- and overglaze colors.

Hard paste porcelain

1 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (2.86 x 19 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

59.14

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

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 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. 156

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe". Seatle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, p. 177

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