Vase
ca. 1875 (made)
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Vase of biscuit porcelain, marbled with brown, painted with flowers and quails in overglaze enamels and gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Marbled biscuit porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilding |
| Brief description | Vase, marbled biscuit porcelain with decoration in enamel colours and gilding; Japan, Banko kilns, Meiji period, ca. 1875 |
| Physical description | Vase of biscuit porcelain, marbled with brown, painted with flowers and quails in overglaze enamels and gilt. |
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| Gallery label | Vase
Marbled biscuit porcelain with decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding
Flowers and quails
Marks Banko of Japan and made by Nakayama impressed on base
Banko kilns
About 1875(1986) |
| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 163 |
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| Accession number | 321-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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