Bowl
ca. 1875 (made)
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Bowl of porcelain, four-sided with rounded corners. The sides are decorated in gold on red, outside with two phoenixes amid floral scrolls and inside with four cranes amid clouds; on the bottom inside is a lion in underglaze blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze red enamel and gilt |
| Brief description | Bowl, porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue, overglaze red enamel and gilding; made by Eiraku workshop, Kyoto, Japan, Meiji period, ca. 1875 |
| Physical description | Bowl of porcelain, four-sided with rounded corners. The sides are decorated in gold on red, outside with two phoenixes amid floral scrolls and inside with four cranes amid clouds; on the bottom inside is a lion in underglaze blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Mark in underglaze blue on base)
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| Gallery label | Bowl
Porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue,
overglaze red enamel and gilding
Mark: Dai Nihon Eiraku-sei (made by Eiraku of Great Japan) in underglaze blue on base
JAPANESE (KYOTO); about 1875
1030-1903(as at 2005) |
| Object history | Purchased from Wallin S. Green (2a Exeter Mansions, 106 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC.), accessioned in 1903. 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 | 1030-1903 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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