
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dish with Weeping Cherry Tree
- Date
- late 1800s
- Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze red enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Culture
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 140086
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This dish depicts a cherry tree (sakuragi) whose flower-laden branches are the centerpiece while the sliver of a trunk and roots appear on the left edge. The sakura blossoms are delicately depicted in an iron-red overglaze. The flowers’ various positions (facing out and downward) and stages of maturity (bud and full bloom) enhance the naturalism and dynamism of the image.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
- Provenance
- ?-1963: Sherman E. [1918-2008] and Ruth Alida Ward Lee [1917-2011], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1963-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Part of a LinkedCulture topic
Japanese Decorated Porcelain DishesThese objects are all ceramic dishes from Japan spanning the Momoyama, Edo, and Meiji periods, featuring various decorative techniques including underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, and naturalistic or figural motifs.
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