Jar
1825-1900 (made)
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Stoneware jar for storing liquids, tall ovoid shaped body with a double shoulder beneath a longish neck, thrown in two sections and luted together. Opaque glossy white glaze overlaid with wide vertical stripes of copper-green flowing from the shoulders and following the course of the shallowly luted channels. It has a taphole at the bottom.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with green and white glazes |
| Brief description | Stoneware jar with taphole and green and white glazes over shallow fluting, Shigaraki kilns, Japanese, 1825-1900 |
| Physical description | Stoneware jar for storing liquids, tall ovoid shaped body with a double shoulder beneath a longish neck, thrown in two sections and luted together. Opaque glossy white glaze overlaid with wide vertical stripes of copper-green flowing from the shoulders and following the course of the shallowly luted channels. It has a taphole at the bottom. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Earle, Joe, ed. Japanese art and design London: V&A Publishing, 2009, p. 163, Plate 158. |
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| Accession number | FE.10-1985 |
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| Record created | November 25, 2002 |
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