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Dish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDish with Sweet Osmanthus and Cloud (色絵木犀文皿), late 1600s–early 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2017.63
