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Pair of Bowls: Kakiemon Ware
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The Chinese style of decoration identifies this bowl as a product made for the markets in England, Holland, France, and Germany. Here, kakiemon potters rearranged the Chinese literati motifs of the plum, pine, and bamboo. Such kakiemon ware inspired domestic porcelain production in Europe in the 1700s–1800s.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePair of Bowls: Kakiemon Ware, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Imari ware porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration; diameter: 35.6 cm (14 in.); height: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1964.364