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17c Japanese Mino Oribe Pottery Plate
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| 13.6 cm x 3 cm tall. Repaired in gold at rim, a lacquer repair at base and a light hairline. This piece was recently excavated from the Mino-Seto region of Japan; it is a common form and style from this area. Dating to the early Edo period, early 17c. Decorated in iron oxide with the imperial Kiku design (Chrysanthemum). Mino kilns began to produce the distinctive new style which came to be known as Oribe-its namesake the famous and influential tea master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615)--after Shino wares, sometime in the late 16th century. Several important events led to its development, and it is believed that the Samurai General oversaw the radically new style (following the quiet and restrained aesthetics of predecessor Rikkyu) after witnessing new kiln technologies of transplanted Korean potters brought back from Hideyoshi's military campaigns there around 1592. The Oribe style was a dramatic departure in Japanese ceramics, both formally with new and varied shapes of dishes and vessels for tea ceremony, and in decoration, with glazed designs of both figural and abstract geometric forms, in bold and rich glazes of iridescent green, black and iron brown. One likely aesthetic inspiration for the ceramics appears to have been in textiles of the period, which bear a strong aesthetic resemblance. Similar pieces can be seen in Japanese references on Oribe; a piece rarely seen outside of Japan. | ||
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