Title
Dish
Creator
Made in Arita, Japan
Date
1630-1640
Label
Dish
Made in Arita, Japan, 1630-1640
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2019.20.1
Japanese potters began making porcelain around 1615, influenced by Korean potters who immigrated, either voluntarily or forcibly, to Southern Japan in the 1590s. While some of their work was inspired by contemporary Chinese porcelain, many pieces, like this plate, show a Japanese aesthetic.
The dish is decorated with a pomegranate, which because of its profusion of seeds is a symbol of bountifulness, and the jade hare, a mythological creature also known as the moon rabbit. According to legend, the hare lives on the moon and grinds rice in a mortar and pestle for mochi, or rice cakes. The hare is identified in the panel, which is inscribed “Spring White Hare.”
This object is on display in the Watson Galleries.
Made in Arita, Japan, 1630-1640
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2019.20.1
Japanese potters began making porcelain around 1615, influenced by Korean potters who immigrated, either voluntarily or forcibly, to Southern Japan in the 1590s. While some of their work was inspired by contemporary Chinese porcelain, many pieces, like this plate, show a Japanese aesthetic.
The dish is decorated with a pomegranate, which because of its profusion of seeds is a symbol of bountifulness, and the jade hare, a mythological creature also known as the moon rabbit. According to legend, the hare lives on the moon and grinds rice in a mortar and pestle for mochi, or rice cakes. The hare is identified in the panel, which is inscribed “Spring White Hare.”
This object is on display in the Watson Galleries.
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
Citation
Made in Arita, Japan, “Dish,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 17, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/295.