Dish with Chrysanthemums and Marigolds (1700s): Art, History and Details

Dish with Chrysanthemums and Marigolds (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the Edo period, the chrysanthemum was one of the most popular motifs for porcelains exported to Europe. This dish shows that the chrysanthemum pattern applied well to colored porcelains after the Japanese learned the technique of firing wares at a high temperature. Four kinds of large chrysanthemum patterns are represented here. Tiny marigolds or wild chrysanthemums are spread across the entire dish. Gold, called kinrantei, was painted onto the 16-layered chrysanthemums, and red and blue onto the others. Red outlines strengthen the decorative beauty while gold outlines adorn the large chrysanthemum.

Object facts

• Title: Dish with Chrysanthemums and Marigolds
• Date: 1700s
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: Imari ware porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gold decoration
• Dimensions: Diameter: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1964.265

Collection credit

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.

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