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Bowl

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Mark in underglaze blue on base)
Translation
made by Eiraku of Great Japan
Gallery label
(as at 2005)
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
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.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1030-1903

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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