Title
Bottle or Vase
Creator
Made in Arita, Japan
Date
1670–1700
Label
#209
Bottle or Vase
Made in Arita, Japan, 1670–1700
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2012.27.1
This bottle or vase, with its bright, finely painted decoration on a milky white ground, is a fine example of Japanese kakiemon porcelain, which is characterized by brightly colored decoration painted in a delicate and precise style on a milky white ground. Made between 1670 and 1700, it is named for the Kakiemon family of potters, who are credited with its development.
Its deceptively simple form was in fact quite difficult to make and required carefully luting, or joining, slabs of clay together. The decoration consists of alternating panels of stylized flowers and prunus mume, or flowering plum, which symbolizes purity and renewal intraditional Japanese culture.
This object is on display in the Japanese Export Gallery in the Reeves.
Bottle or Vase
Made in Arita, Japan, 1670–1700
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2012.27.1
This bottle or vase, with its bright, finely painted decoration on a milky white ground, is a fine example of Japanese kakiemon porcelain, which is characterized by brightly colored decoration painted in a delicate and precise style on a milky white ground. Made between 1670 and 1700, it is named for the Kakiemon family of potters, who are credited with its development.
Its deceptively simple form was in fact quite difficult to make and required carefully luting, or joining, slabs of clay together. The decoration consists of alternating panels of stylized flowers and prunus mume, or flowering plum, which symbolizes purity and renewal intraditional Japanese culture.
This object is on display in the Japanese Export Gallery in the Reeves.
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
Citation
Made in Arita, Japan , “Bottle or Vase,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 17, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/293.