Vase
ca. 1850 (made)
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Vase of porcelain. Bulbous body with tubular inner lining, the outer casing being provided with two handles in the form of small dragons and pierced on either side with shaped openwork panels containing a floral device on a ground of geometrical trellis; around the panels are clouds in blue. The body rests on a high stem of three tiers moulded with chrysanthemum petals.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with openwork decoration and painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain with openwork sides and decoration in underglaze blue; Japan, Hirado kilns, Edo period, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Vase of porcelain. Bulbous body with tubular inner lining, the outer casing being provided with two handles in the form of small dragons and pierced on either side with shaped openwork panels containing a floral device on a ground of geometrical trellis; around the panels are clouds in blue. The body rests on a high stem of three tiers moulded with chrysanthemum petals. |
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| Gallery label | Vase
Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue Hirado ware
JAPANESE; c.1850
C.217-1911
Dingwall Gift(as at 2005) |
| Credit line | Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund |
| Object history | Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through the Art Fund, accessioned in 1911. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | C.217-1911 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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