Dish with Maple Leaves in Waves
1688–1716
- Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
The dish is an example of the finest type of Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with maple leaves in iron-red and green and yellow enamels floating on the rough waters of a fast flowing stream in underglaze blue. It has been associated with the classical poetry motif of maple leaves on the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture.