Dish with Carp

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899

Looking down at this dish is like seeing two carp ‘swimming in a pond.’ From the 19th century onwards, it became fashionable to keep carp as ornamental fish in Japan. It is quite possible that porcelain makers wanted to jump on this bandwagon with their designs.

  • Artwork typedish
  • Object numberAK-MAK-798
  • Dimensionsheight 3.6 cm, diameter 21 cm, diameter 11.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met onderglazuur blauw

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Saucer-dish with to carp, one in relief
    • Dish with Carp

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-798

  • Description

    Schaal van porselein, beschilderd in onderglazuur blauw. Op de voorzijde zijn twee karpers afgebeeld; één geschilderd in onderglazuur blauw en de ander weergegeven in reliëf. De buitenwand met drie bloemranken. Oud label op de onderzijde met '11=268/ Nabeshima/ III 29,-[?]'. Een barst in de wand. Blauw-wit Hirado.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label: ‘11=268/ Nabeshima/ III 29,-[?]’

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: anonymous, Hirado

  • Dating

    c. 1800 - c. 1899

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein met onderglazuur blauw

  • Dimensions

    • height 3.6 cm
    • diameter 21 cm
    • diameter 11.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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