Two Dishes

Imaizumi, Masato, c. 2002

The hare and the moon are a well-known motif on Japanese porcelain. It relates to the legend of a mythical hare living on the moon. The freature pounds rice in a mortar for mochi – sweet rice cakes with the same round shape as the lunar disk.

  • Artwork typeplatter, kop-en-schotel
  • Object numberAK-RAK-2002-5-1
  • Dimensionsheight 2.3 cm, diameter 11.2 cm, diameter 5.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met een lichtblauw glazuur