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Bottle with Omodaka Plant
(Japan and Korea )
This vase, with its abstracted design based on the form of the omodaka plant, is a fine example of Japanese Arita ceramics. The design features three colors of overglaze enamels--red, green, and yellow--that enliven the omodaka plant, with its characteristic three petals, and the small flower heads scattered across a fanned background. The comingling of these various elements of the design exemplifies the array of artistic sources that characterized Arita wares.
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Arita (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 × Diam: 6 1/4 in. (30.5 × 15.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.1989