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銹絵観瀑図角皿
Square dish with design of a courtier gazing at a waterfall
銹絵観瀑図角皿
Japanese
Edo period
1710
Medium/Technique
Kyoto ware; stoneware with underglaze iron
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 21.8 x 21.8cm (1 1/8 x 8 9/16 x 8 9/16in.)
Credit Line
Morse Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number92.6736
CollectionsAsia
Signed
Signed Kenzan Shô sho with seals Shôko, Tôin; Kôrin ga
乾山省書 印 尚古 陶隠
光琳畫
乾山省書 印 尚古 陶隠
光琳畫
InscriptionsThree thousand feet of water flying headlong to the base
Almost as if the Milky Way had fallen from the skies.
Two lines from a poem by Li Bai.
飛流直下三千尺
疑是銀河落九天
Almost as if the Milky Way had fallen from the skies.
Two lines from a poem by Li Bai.
飛流直下三千尺
疑是銀河落九天
ProvenanceBy 1892, Edward Sylvester Morse; 1892, sold by Edward Sylvester Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1892)