Object Number 2000.0061.003

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff

Place of Origin

Arita, Japan, Asia

Date

1670-1720

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Red, rounded rectangular paper label with "88" in white lettering and is crossed out with black ink
2. Label; Underside; White, circular paper label with a black border and "·RAFI Y. MOTTAHEDEH· / 110 / COLLECTION" in black print and black ink
3. Label; Underside; White, rectangular paper label with "LARGE DISH- 14 1/4" DIA ARITA/V.O.C. JAPANESE PORC./MONOGRAM V.O.C. BETWEEN/BIRDS- 6 PANELS FLOWER-/ING PLANTS-/CIRCA 1660-90 4514" handwritten in black and red ink
4. Label; Underside; White, rectangular paper label with "4514 MOTTAHEDEH/COLLECTION- "CHINA FOR/THE WEST I" P.123 #100/HOWARD + AYERS-MASTERPIECE/P. 31- JORG-"INTERACTIONS"/EXHIBIT- DECORDORA- 1979/VIRGINIA MUSEUM- 1981-82" handwritten in black and red ink
5. Inscription; Upper surface, center; Handpainted in underglaze blue "VOC" with the "V" superimposed over the "OC"

Subjects

Armorial device; Maritime; Company arms; East India Company (Dutch) association

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

2.441 (H) , 14.252 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.2 (H) , 36.2 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: p. 37
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: p. 39, no. 4, Japanese, c. 1670.
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published: p. 123, Fig. 100.
[Book] Rinaldi, Maura. 1989 Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of Trade.
• (As per a previous cataloguer, before 3/19/10) Arita, Japan imitation bearing similarly inspired ornament: p. 226, pl. 286, also VOC, late 17th-early 18th-century.
[Catalogue] Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• (As per a previous cataloguer, before 3/19/10) Similar dish (some differences in details) sold at auction: London, May 11, 2009, lot 46, Arita, Japan, Edo period.