Vase
ca. 1740-1800 (made)
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Vase of stoneware with clear glaze, painted in red with buildings amid clouds; round the neck a band of spikes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze red enamel |
| Brief description | Vase, stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze red enamel; Japan, Tokyo, Edo period, ca. 1740-1800 |
| Physical description | Vase of stoneware with clear glaze, painted in red with buildings amid clouds; round the neck a band of spikes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Banko' impressed on base |
| Gallery label | VASE
Stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze red
Mark Banko impressed on base
Banko ware (Kobanko type)
JAPANESE; c.1740-1800
316-1877(As at 2005) |
| 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 158 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 316-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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