Gourd-shaped Dish
Original Language Title色絵瓢箪形向付
CultureJapanese
Date19th century
MediumKyoto ware; glazed stoneware with gold and enamels
DimensionsOverall: 1 9/16 × 6 1/2 inches (3.97 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number81-27/14 E
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DescriptionBuff body covered with crackled translucent white glaze; main cavity decorated at bulbous end with zig-zag field of diamonds and squared quatrefoils in a repeated parallelogram grid in blue, green, iron-red, and gold overglaze enamels; cluster of vine leaves in similar enamel palette hangs from rim of secondary cavity spreading into the interior; gourd-shape curved areound to form a closed comma shape with black enamel stem trailing from gourd top into body cavity; four loop feet on bottom.ProvenanceMrs. George H. Bunting Jr. (1913-1981), Shawnee Mission, KS, by 1981;
Bequeathed by Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
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