Bowl
1690-1720 (made)
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This bowl is a classic example of Japanese Kakiemon-style porcelain. The fine white body is sparsely painted with pomegranates and peonies in a characteristically bright but soft overlaze enamel palette. A similar bowl was evidently in the collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, by the late 1720s, for it was copied at his porcelain factory in Meissen in about 1729-31(see V&A 7327-1860).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Bowl in Kakiemon style, porcelain with overglaze enamels, Japan, 1690-1720 |
| Physical description | Deep bowl of lobed form painted sparsely in Kakiemon-style overglaze enamel colours; iron-oxide brown around rim |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr. S. G. Fenton (33 Cranbourn Street, W.C.), accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | This bowl is a classic example of Japanese Kakiemon-style porcelain. The fine white body is sparsely painted with pomegranates and peonies in a characteristically bright but soft overlaze enamel palette. A similar bowl was evidently in the collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, by the late 1720s, for it was copied at his porcelain factory in Meissen in about 1729-31(see V&A 7327-1860). |
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| Accession number | C.293-1910 |
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| Record created | January 9, 2003 |
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