Plate with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers, late 17th century. Creator: Unknown.

Plate with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers, late 17th century. Creator: Unknown.

2-738-010 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Plate with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers, late 17th century. 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 multicolour 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.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration

Picture Type
  1. Ceramic

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5015x4785
File Size : 70,304kb


Aliases

  1. 1964.246
  1. 140274
  1. 0940017070
  1. 1964.246
  1. 2-738-010
  1. 2738010


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