Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud (late 1600s–early 1700s): Art, History and Details

Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud (late 1600s–early 1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

The dish is an example of the finest type of early Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with sweet osmanthus, or fragrant olive tree, with iron-red flowers and green and yellow enamels on the leaves. A band of misty clouds in underglaze blue completes the composition. The osmanthus tree was imported from China to southern Japan.

Object facts

• Title: Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud
• Date: late 1600s–early 1700s
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
• Dimensions: Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 2017.63

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• von Spee, Clarissa. “Acquisition Highlights: Asian Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 58, no. 2 (March/April 2018): 10–11.

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