Dish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family Crest

Dish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family Crest

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Tokugawa family crest, three of which appear on this striking dish, is rarely seen on porcelain from Arita, and never on Nabeshima ware. Besides the latter, Hirado ware was the only porcelain required to be presented regularly as gifts to the shogun. Unusually for Hirado ware, the decoration covers the entire surface of the dish’s interior.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family CrestDish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family CrestDish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family CrestDish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family CrestDish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family Crest

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.