Plate with folded fans and geometric design, late 17th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Nabeshima ware; porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and celadon glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.312
Not on Viewexpand_more
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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- Title
- Plate with folded fans and geometric design
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.312
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 646
- Curator Approved
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