Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud
1688–1716
- Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
The dish is an example of the finest type of early Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with sweet osmanthus, or fragrant olive tree, with iron-red flowers and green and yellow enamels on the leaves. A band of misty clouds in underglaze blue completes the composition. The osmanthus tree was imported from China to southern Japan.