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[[File:Nabeshima-dish.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A Nabeshima ware piece from c. 1700-1750. (LACMA M.2007.8)]]
*''Japanese'': 鍋島焼 ''(Nabeshima yaki)''
First produced in [[1625]], Nabeshima wares are a style of [[porcelain]] [[ceramics]] produced exclusively at kilns in [[Saga han]] controlled by the [[Nabeshima clan]] lords of that domain. During the [[Edo period]], Nabeshima wares were not entered onto the market, but were exclusively produced for the use of the Nabeshima ''daimyô'', and for the Nabeshima to present as gifts to other lords, or to the [[shogun]].
Only a very few copies of a given design (usually no more than ten) were produced, and secrets of the techniques were kept closely guarded.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Dish with Daffodil and Wave Design" (M.2007.8), LACMA, 17 Jan 2015.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]