Large plate
Datelate 17th century
Maker
Japanese, Arita
Label TextThis plate is Imari ware, a style of decorated porcelain named for the seaport near Arita, Japan, from where it was exported. Characterized by a palette of underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels in iron red and vibrant gold, exquisite Japanese Imari porcelains of this type once graced the walls of European porcelain rooms.
Object number76.22
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. 180Credit LineFloyd A. Naramore Memorial Purchase Fund and by exchange
Dimensions3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), height
21 1/4 in. (54 cm), diameter
MediumHard paste porcelain
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