Cleveland Museum of Art
Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud
- Date
- late 1600s–early 1700s
- Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The dish is an example of the finest type of early Japanese porcelain, Nabeshima-type Hizen ware. It is decorated with sweet osmanthus, or fragrant olive tree, with iron-red flowers and green and yellow enamels on the leaves. A band of misty clouds in underglaze blue completes the composition. The osmanthus tree was imported from China to southern Japan.
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