Lidded Bowl

Place of OriginJapan, Arita Province

DateEdo Period (1615-1868), about 1740

DimensionsH: 5 3/4 in.; Diam: 9 1/8 in.

MediumPorcelain, known as Kakiemon ware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGiven in honor of Jules D. Lippmann by his friends

Object number

1964.138

Not on View

Label TextKakiemon ware was produced in the Arita province of Kyushu, where the chief of porcelain centers of the 17th to 19th centuries were located. The enamels used in its under glaze blue decoration are much brighter than those used in Chinese famille verte. The Kakiemon family of potters, whose sixteenth generation is practicing today, produced much of the finest Japanese porcelain of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These wares reached the West in considerable quantities and had a far-reaching influence on European ceramics.