shallow dish on low foot; blue and white design of folded fans in lower half, with ornate brocade background; pale green upper; floral and vine design on underside with overlapping flower petal motif around foot

Plate with folded fans and geometric design, late 17th century

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鍋島 Nabeshima ware

The blue and white medallion pattern upon which the fans appear to float was created by a technique called “resist-drawing,” whereby a design is drawn in ink and then completely covered with a layer of cobalt-blue glaze. During firing in the kiln, the ink burns away, taking the cobalt blue with it and leaving the type of white-on-blue pattern seen here.

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Plate with folded fans and geometric design
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.312
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 646
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shallow dish on low foot; blue and white design of folded fans in lower half, with ornate brocade background; pale green upper; floral and vine design on underside with overlapping flower petal motif around foot