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Dish with Ginkgo Leaves
late 1600s-early 1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This dish is an example of the finest type of Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It has a complex, abstracted design of ginkgo leaves and “Chinese grasses” (<em>karakusa</em>) in underglaze blue that may be among the most interesting of the underglaze blue designs. The dish is the largest of the three standard-sized Nabeshima dishes for individual servings.
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- Title: Dish with Ginkgo Leaves
- Date Created: late 1600s-early 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Sebastian Izzard, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.61
- Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Fun Fact: The ginkgo's distinctive fan-shaped leaf is a symbol of longevity and endurance in Japanese art.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 2017.61
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