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Weight (noshi-osae) in the Form of a Plum Branchfirst half 19th century

Not on view
White ceramic sculpture of a flowering branch with five-petaled blossoms on a curved upper section and a glossy, gnarled root-like lower section, mounted on a gray wall
White porcelain sculpture of a sinuous flowering branch with five-petaled blossoms and textured bark, mounted against a gray background.

Unknown, Weight (noshi-osae) in the Form of a Plum Branch, first half 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Weight (noshi-osae) in the Form of a Plum Branch
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with transparent glaze
Dimensions
9 x 3 1/8 x 7/8 in. (22.8 x 7.9 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1998.115.29
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.