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Photo: Paul Macapia
Plate with design of 'Hare on Waves'
Photo: Paul Macapia

Plate with design of 'Hare on Waves'

Datelate 17th century
Label TextThe sprightly motif of a hare skipping over the waves is a frequent design in Japanese art, originating in a legend about a white hare crossing the ocean by stepping on the backs of sharks, thus appearing to be running on the waves.
Object number92.47.11
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Rabbit, Cat and Horse; Endearing Creatures in Japanese Art, Dec. 21, 2002 - Mar. 16, 2003. Tokyo, 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. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesKawai, Masatomo, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Yukiko Sirahara, editors, "Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum", 2009, The Yomiuri Shimbun, catalogue number 21. Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).
Credit LineGift of Frank D. Stout
DimensionsDiameter: 8 1/16in. (20.5cm)
MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
Small Plate
Japanese, Arita
ca. 1725-1750
Object number: 74.11
Photo: Paul Macapia
Japanese, Arita
Design ca. 1734-1737; dish ca. 1747-1750
Object number: 74.4
Dish with floral design
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 65.112
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
19th century
Object number: 82.127
Bowl
Chinese
1522-1566
Object number: 48.163
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
early 14th century
Object number: 76.7
Cylindrical vase
Chinese
mid- 17th century
Object number: 2021.7.2
Chinese
15th century
Object number: 49.154
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
late 15th century
Object number: 51.85
Photo: Paul Macapia
15th century
Object number: 48.167
Arita ware bowl
Japanese, Arita
18th century
Object number: 63.112
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
17th-18th century
Object number: 88.6