Arita kilns
Lobed Dish Decorated with European Sailing Ships
1833
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Arita kilns
Lobed Dish Decorated with European Sailing Ships
1833
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 7/8 × 7 7/16 × 6 1/4 in. (2.3 × 18.9 × 15.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Terry Trapp, Baltimore
Object Number
1992.295
Decorated with stenciled design of pseudo-crests around rim, two western sailing ships and Mt. Fuji. Rim defined by paired lines, the 12 "crests" contain waves, blossoms, a wheel, a man on bridge, etc.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1992; Terry Trapp, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
