Sometsuke Take Zara (dish with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)

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Sometsuke Take Zara (dish with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)

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Title:
Sometsuke Take Zara (dish with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)
Catalog Number:
45SN398B/2007/222
Source:
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, US Air Force Collection
Description:
Mending sherds of a sara (dish/plate) of indeterminate size. This dish has hand-painted bamboo elements on the interior, a central element that is too fragmentary to identify, and two blue bands on the exterior base.
Site Location:
Near Mukilteo, Washington
Site Date:
1903-1928
Functional Category:
Mealtime Tableware
Material:
Jiki (porcelain)
Vessel Form:
Sara (indeterminate dish/plate)
Artifact Dimensions:
Footring~ 8 cm
Pigment Application:
Shita-Etsuke (underglaze)
Decoration Type:
Sometsuke (hand-painted cobalt)
Exterior Decoration Method:
Etsuke (hand painted)
Exterior Decoration Color:
Cobalt blue
Exterior Decoration Elements:
Horizontal band
Interior Decoration Method:
Etsuke (hand painted)
Interior Decoration Color:
Cobalt blue
Interior Decoration Elements:
Take (bamboo)
Manufacture Origin:
Japan
Manufacture Date Range:
Minimalistic hand-painted sometsuke was increasingly popular during the Taisho era (1912-1926)
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Source
Preferred Image Citation:
Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, catalog no. 45SN398B/2007/222, US Air Force Collection, held in trust at the Burke Museum, Seattle.
Metadata Created By:
Renae Campbell (2018)
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/hjccc/data/hjccc-8.html
Rights
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Copyright under creative commons license. Images available for reuse in educational (non-commercial) instances; see license details at Creative Commons.
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