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Brazier

ca. 1700-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brazier of stoneware with clear glaze, painted in overglaze enamels with Cymbidium vines.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Brazier, stoneware painted in overglaze enamels and gilt; Kyoto, in the style of Nonomura Ninsei, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1700-1800
Physical description
Brazier of stoneware with clear glaze, painted in overglaze enamels with Cymbidium vines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
Style
Gallery label
(As at 2005)
BRAZIER
Stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt
Kyoto, style of Ninsei
JAPANESE; c.1700-1800
269-1877
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.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 111
Collection
Accession number
269-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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