Height 3.2cm, mouth diameter 24.0X27.7cm
Important Cultural Property
Okura Cultural Foundation
This hexagonal flat dish is also very famous as a representative example of Korin’s painted collaboration works. It is made of soft white clay and molded in a mold, then painted with rust paints and fired at low temperature in a transparent glaze.
The technique of white glazing, which was favored most by Kenzan during the Narutaki period, creates an effect similar to that of a paintbrush on paper. Here, too, Korin’s light brushstrokes are used to great effect, and the work is more like a painting than a ceramic underglaze painting. The inscription on the left side reads “By Korin,” and the cloud patterns painted freely on the inside and outside of the vertically raised rim are thought by some to be by Korin’s brush, but it is not clear. The flat back is shallowly beveled at the corners, and the inscription “Qianzan” is inscribed on the right. Until now, only this piece was known to exist, but the discovery of a recently discovered version of this dish has made it clear that it was made as a counterpart to this one.
