Top of Imari Asagao Namasu-Zara (Imari pickle dish with morning glory design)

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Title:
Imari Asagao Namasu-Zara (Imari pickle dish with morning glory design)
Catalog Number:
AACC-99-009
Source:
Asian American Comparative Collection
Description:
Likely a product of the late Edo or early Meiji eras, this Imari-style namasu-zara is decorated with a hand-painted morning glory design in what appears to be gosu (natural cobalt) pigment (Dower 1971:64; Ross 2012:5). Like AACC-2000-224, this pickle dish has a scalloped rim and a janome (bull's-eye or snake-eye recess) on the base (Ross 2012:10). This vessel was donated to the AACC by Alison Stenger.
Functional Category:
Mealtime Tableware
Material:
Jiki (porcelain)
Vessel Form:
Namasu-Zara (pickle dish/plate)
Artifact Dimensions:
Rim= 13.3 cm; footring= 7.9 cm; height= 3.5 cm
Pigment Application:
Shita-Etsuke (underglaze)
Decoration Type:
Sometsuke (hand-painted cobalt)
Interior Decoration Method:
Etsuke (hand painted)
Interior Decoration Color:
Cobalt blue; Gosu (natural cobalt)
Interior Decoration Elements:
Asagao (morning glory)
Manufacture Origin:
Japan
Manufacture Date Range:
Most popular during the Edo (1603-1868) and early Meiji (1868-1912) eras
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Preferred Image Citation:
Photo courtesy of the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, catalog no. AACC-99-009.
Metadata Created By:
Renae Campbell (2018)
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/hjccc/data/hjccc-97.html
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