Vase
1900-1910 (made)
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Vase of porcelain, painted in copper-red glaze and covered with a clouded pink glaze. Inverted pear-shaped with spreading base and recurved rim. Painted with three grasshoppers fighting, with chrysanthemums on long stalks as weapons.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain, painted in copper-red glaze and covered with a clouded pink glaze; made by Miyagawa Kozan, Yokohama, Japan, Meiji period, 1900-10 |
| Physical description | Vase of porcelain, painted in copper-red glaze and covered with a clouded pink glaze. Inverted pear-shaped with spreading base and recurved rim. Painted with three grasshoppers fighting, with chrysanthemums on long stalks as weapons. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Makuzu Kozan sei' (Maker's mark in blue)
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| Gallery label | VASE
Porcelain with copper red glaze with grasshopper design
Mark: Makuzu Kozan sei
JAPANESE (YOKOHAMA); c.1900-10
C.232-1910
Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, DSO, through the National Art-Collections Fund(as at 2005) |
| Credit line | Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support |
| Object history | Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. Purchased by the donor for 15s. and described by him as "Kaga". |
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| Accession number | C.232-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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