Cleveland Museum of Art

Dish with Figures in a Chinese Garden

Date

1700s

Medium

Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel and gold, with iron oxide rim (Arita ware)

Culture

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This dish is inscribed with a poem from The Gateless Gate , a text compiled by Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huikai (1183–1260). The verse reads, “I always remember the spring in Jiangnan. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!”

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