Side of Sometsuke Botan Doban Mamezara (sauce dish with cobalt transferprint peony)

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Interior of Sometsuke Botan Doban Mamezara (sauce dish with cobalt transferprint peony)

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Bottom of Sometsuke Botan Doban Mamezara (sauce dish with cobalt transferprint peony)

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Title:
Sometsuke Botan Doban Mamezara (sauce dish with cobalt transferprint peony)
Catalog Number:
45SN398B/2007/232 and 45SN398B/2007/279
Source:
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, US Air Force Collection
Description:
Mamezara are very small dishes traditionally used for condiments or sweets (Walter 2012:128). These mending sherds have slightly everted rims and a greyish-white paste, grainy with temper, which may be hanjiki (half porcelain) (Crueger et al. 2006:284).
Site Location:
Near Mukilteo, Washington
Site Date:
1903-1928
Functional Category:
Mealtime Tableware
Material:
Hanjiki (half porcelain)
Vessel Form:
Mamezara (sauce dish)
Artifact Dimensions:
Rim= 7.2 cm; footring= 2.6 cm; height= 2 cm
Pigment Application:
Shita-Etsuke (underglaze)
Decoration Type:
Sometsuke Doban (transferprint cobalt)
Exterior Decoration Method:
Doban or Doban Tensha (transferprinted)
Exterior Decoration Color:
Cobalt blue
Exterior Decoration Elements:
Botan (peony)
Manufacture Origin:
Japan
Manufacture Date Range:
Most popular in the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) eras
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Preferred Image Citation:
Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, catalog nos. 45SN398B/2007/232 and 45SN398B/2007/279, US Air Force Collection, held in trust at the Burke Museum, Seattle.
Metadata Created By:
Renae Campbell (2018)
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/hjccc/data/hjccc-30.html
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