dish (containers)

Earthenware dish shaped like an abalone shell, in Satsuma ware. It is decorated in many colours on the interior with a scene of two samurai fighting with swords, under a plum tree. There are some applied elements as well as details highlighted in gold. The underside also reflects the shape of the abalone shell, with smaller sea shell models encrusted on the surface. It has a crackle glaze overall.

An old display label indicates that the dish is in the form of a sea snail shell (Haliotis). Haliotis is in fact abalone.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2307a
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 103 mm x 435 mm x 236 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay; glaze
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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