Shell Shaped Dish with Flowers and Birds
Artist
Unknown
Date1868-1912
PeriodMeiji Period
CultureJapanese
MediumPorcelain, Underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
ClassificationCeramics
Provenancewith John Ringling; bequest of John Ringling to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN7048.b
This shell-shaped dish is also an Arita-Imari piece, in this case made by the Seiji Kaisha (The Company of the Pure Water). The company was established in 1879 by members of four potter families from Arita. Seiji Kaisha lasted until about 12 years and made Western-style dinnerware both for domestic and export markets. Imari plates were frequently non-circular, formed into the shape of shells, leaves, fans, and even elaborately dressed women. These plates were likely produced during the Meiji period, which was a time of great change within Japan when the government encouraged Westernization of its people and increased trade and industrialization across the country. The Seiji Kaisha provided porcelain for the Imperial Court and the Ministry of the Imperial Household.
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last quarter 19th Century
1662-1722
19th Century
