Two Dishes

Masato Imaizumi, 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 creature 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-2002-4-1
  • Dimensionsheight 2.3 cm, diameter 11.2 cm, diameter 5.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met een lichtblauw glazuur

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Masato Imaizumi, c. 2002

Bell-shaped cup and saucer with two hares and the moon in relief

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Saucer with two hares and the moon in relief
    • Two Dishes

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-RAK-2002-4-1

  • Description

    Geschulpte schotel van porselein, bedekt met een lichtblauw glazuur. Op het plat van de schotel in reliëf twee hazen in een landschap onder de maan tussen wolken. Gemerkt op de onderzijde. Qingbai-kleurig glazuur. Monochromen.

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: Masato Imaizumi, Japan

  • Dating

    c. 2002

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein met een lichtblauw glazuur

  • Dimensions

    • height 2.3 cm
    • diameter 11.2 cm
    • diameter 5.8 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of Y. Shibata, Tokyo

  • Acquisition

    gift 2002-10-05

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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