Vase
ca. 1870 (made)
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Vase with lid, one of a pair with 368A/1, 2-1877. Stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding. The surface wrought in basket pattern, profusely painted and gilt with wistaria, peonies and other flowers; on the shoulders are embossed Paulownia medallions. The lid is surmounted by two dogs or lions.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding |
| Brief description | Vase with lid imitating basketwork, one of a pair, stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding; Japan, Satsuma, Meiji period, ca. 1870 |
| Physical description | Vase with lid, one of a pair with 368A/1, 2-1877. Stoneware with crackled grey glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding. The surface wrought in basket pattern, profusely painted and gilt with wistaria, peonies and other flowers; on the shoulders are embossed Paulownia medallions. The lid is surmounted by two dogs or lions. |
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| 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 209 |
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| Accession number | 368:1, 2-1877 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2010 |
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