| schema:description 9 | "tombstone: Plate with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers, late 17th century. Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration; diameter: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.246...(more)" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: Many artists typically applied the theme of the "four loves," which includes the lotus, to sliding-door paintings and screens. This plate borrows the motif from painting and applies it to the kakiemon type of multicolor porcelain, portraying the Chinese Song Neo-Confucian scholar Zhou Dunyi (also known as Zhou Maoshu) appreciating the lotus. Humorously, the Japanese potter depicted Zhou seemingly appreciating both the lotus and the young lady with a lotus on the boat....(more)" |
| schema:description | "technique: porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration" |
| schema:description | "creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection" |
| schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)" |
| schema:description | "id: 140274" |
| schema:description | "type: Ceramic" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Diameter: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)" |
