Arita kilns
Imari-style Dish Decorated with a Meandering River and Falling Maple Leaves
1666
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Arita kilns
Imari-style Dish Decorated with a Meandering River and Falling Maple Leaves
1666
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, Other: 1 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (4 × 17.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick Singley Koontz, Baltimore, in Memory of Laurance P. and Isabel S. Roberts
Object Number
2006.54
Shallow, octagonal dish has a high, well-finished foot. It is decorated with eight maple leaves and a meandering river, an extremely popular Japanese motif evocative of the fall and the fleeting nature of time.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; from Frederick Koontz, by gift; from Laurance and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-December 31, 2023.
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-December 31, 2023.
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
Inscribed: Bottom, underglaze blue: "fuku" within a square [good fortune].
