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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Model of a Lion-Dog

1660-1690 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

In the mid-17th century, brightly coloured Japanese porcelain began to arrive in Europe and immediately captivated the West. The use of sparing decoration executed in a bright but soft palette of cerulean blue, coral red, pale yellow, green and black overglaze enamels is associated with the Kakiemon family (from whom the whole category of wares takes its name), who operated an enamelling studio in the Japanese porcelain manufacturing centre of Arita from the 1660s onwards.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Model of a lion-dog, porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, 1660-1690
Physical description
Model of a seated lion-dog with a spotted coat painted in Kakiemon-style cerulean blue, soft coral red, green, pale yellow and black overglaze enamels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.0cm
  • Length: 19.1cm
Dimensions from registers
Styles
Credit line
Presented from the collection of the late Major W. Peer Groves, MA, FRZS, JP, Member of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Member of the Imperial Orders of Vladimir and Stanislaus, by his family in memory of their parents
Subject depicted
Summary
In the mid-17th century, brightly coloured Japanese porcelain began to arrive in Europe and immediately captivated the West. The use of sparing decoration executed in a bright but soft palette of cerulean blue, coral red, pale yellow, green and black overglaze enamels is associated with the Kakiemon family (from whom the whole category of wares takes its name), who operated an enamelling studio in the Japanese porcelain manufacturing centre of Arita from the 1660s onwards.
Collection
Accession number
C.7-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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