Covered Food Container with Flower Design (Primary Title)
江戶時代 有田 伊萬里赤繪草花紋食籠 (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

18th century
Japanese
Arita ware; porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
Arita, Japan
Overall: 6 × 9 1/8 in. (15.24 × 23.18 cm)
68.53a-b
Not on view
Arita potters faced challenges in both form and design when imitating Chinese export ceramics in the making of this covered box. The floral panels against a background of textile patterns match well the design on the cover. They even faithfully copied the mark of the reign of the Chinese emperor Wanli (1573-1620) on the base. Like the Chinese original, this box was made for the European market.
Edo period (1615-1868)
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Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund

OrientalSplendor", W & L Univ., 17 Nov - 17 Dec 1981.
"Japanese Art from the Virginia Museum," Delaware Art Museum, 23 Sept - 31 Oct 1982.
"Oriental Splendor", Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA. 2 - 29 March 1983
Cf: almost identical piece, Tsugio Mikami (transl. By Ann Herring), The Art of Japanese Ceramics, NY and Tokyo, Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1972, 1976 p. 72, illus. Pl. 80
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