Jar
1984 (made)
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Jar, heavily thrown from porcelain clay containing small quantities of iron impurities; low wide neck, globular body, and turned recessed base on which the characters meaning 1984 have been impressed; evenly spaced carved channels decorate the exterior in a spiral ridged pattern; complete glaze coverage internally and externally, the body being exposed only on the footring itself; clear glaze with bubbling and a strongly bluish tinge, especially where it has pooled in the carved channels on the exterior.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with bluish-tinged glaze |
| Brief description | Jar, porcelain with bluish-tinged glaze, made by Takita Koichi, Japan (Aizu Wakamatsu), 1984 |
| Physical description | Jar, heavily thrown from porcelain clay containing small quantities of iron impurities; low wide neck, globular body, and turned recessed base on which the characters meaning 1984 have been impressed; evenly spaced carved channels decorate the exterior in a spiral ridged pattern; complete glaze coverage internally and externally, the body being exposed only on the footring itself; clear glaze with bubbling and a strongly bluish tinge, especially where it has pooled in the carved channels on the exterior. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Date-mark (meaning 1984) impressed on base |
| Credit line | Given by Klaus Naumann, Esq. |
| Production | Biographical reference: 'Japanese Ceramics Today' (V&A,1983), p.129. Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima prefecture, JAPAN |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.73:1-1984 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2000 |
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