Flask
1870-1900 (made)
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Flask of porcelain. On the body, the seal characters for happiness and long life are each repeated three times. The use of both blue and green colours indicates a late 19th century date. The characters may be stencilled, not painted.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, thrown, with stencilled decoration in underglaze blue and in green enamel |
| Brief description | Flask, porcelain with stencilled seal characters in underglaze blue and in green enamel, Korea, Choson dynasty, 1870-1900 |
| Physical description | Flask of porcelain. On the body, the seal characters for happiness and long life are each repeated three times. The use of both blue and green colours indicates a late 19th century date. The characters may be stencilled, not painted. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Messrs. Kavanough & Co. (Seoul, Chosen, Korea), accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | C.351-1912 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2000 |
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