Jar
second half of 19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jar of porcelain, inverted pear-shaped, with short neck, the body divided by red lines into square panels which contain alternately blue circles with a yellow dot in the middle and squares with a green cross on an aubergine-purple ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Jar, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; Japan, Kutani kilns, Edo period, second half of 19th century |
| Physical description | Jar of porcelain, inverted pear-shaped, with short neck, the body divided by red lines into square panels which contain alternately blue circles with a yellow dot in the middle and squares with a green cross on an aubergine-purple ground. |
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| Styles | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'soki' (Mark in black in square of green) |
| Gallery label | Small jar
Porcelain with geometrical design in enamels
Mark: soki
Kutani ware
JAPANESE; second half 19th century
C.366-1926(as at 2005) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.366-1926 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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