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Vase

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase with lid, one of a pair with 368A/1, 2-1877. Stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding. The surface wrought in basket pattern, profusely painted and gilt with wistaria, peonies and other flowers; on the shoulders are embossed Paulownia medallions. The lid is surmounted by two dogs or lions.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding
Brief description
Vase with lid imitating basketwork, one of a pair, stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding; Japan, Satsuma, Meiji period, ca. 1870
Physical description
Vase with lid, one of a pair with 368A/1, 2-1877. Stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding. The surface wrought in basket pattern, profusely painted and gilt with wistaria, peonies and other flowers; on the shoulders are embossed Paulownia medallions. The lid is surmounted by two dogs or lions.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Diameter: 33cm
Styles
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.
Subjects 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 209
Collection
Accession number
368:1, 2-1877

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Record createdMarch 5, 2010
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