Vase
ca. 1875 (made)
| Place of origin |
Vase (one of a pair), with cylindrical body; porcelain with iron glaze and resist floral decoration.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with iron glaze and resist decoration |
| Brief description | Vase (one of a pair), porcelain with iron glaze and resist decoration; Japan, Seto/Mino, Meiji period, ca. 1875 |
| Physical description | Vase (one of a pair), with cylindrical body; porcelain with iron glaze and resist floral decoration. |
| Style | |
| Gallery label | PAIR OF VASES
Porcelain with iron glaze and resist decoration
Seto ware, by Kawamoto Masukichi
JAPANESE; c.1875
174 & A-1877(As at 2005) |
| Object history | Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | Attributed to be made by Kawamoto Masukichi. (register) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Association | |
| Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 15 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 174A-1877 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2010 |
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