Pine-shaped Dish
- Medium
- Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide and crackled glaze
- Dimensions
- height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); length: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); width: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
About
The clever design on this stoneware Awata-style dish makes use of the interior and exterior surfaces to present a close-up view of pine needles on the branch painted in underglaze iron oxide. The branch is shown on the outside of one side of the dish, while the needles fan out across the inside. The entire dish, when seen from above, reveals a shape resembling the mushroom cap–like motif appearing in textile designs and in classical Japanese paintings called Yamato-e to represent pine trees.
