Vase

ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, covered with a greyish-blue and mauve crystalline glaze. In the form of a straight-sided gourd, with narrow neck and recurved mouth. The upper part is streaked with greyish-blue, the lower being covered with mauve crystallisations.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with a greyish-blue and mauve crystalline glaze; made at Ishikawa-ken Technical School, Japan, Meiji period, ca. 1910
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, covered with a greyish-blue and mauve crystalline glaze. In the form of a straight-sided gourd, with narrow neck and recurved mouth. The upper part is streaked with greyish-blue, the lower being covered with mauve crystallisations.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Style
Gallery label
(as at 2005)
VASE
Porcelain with crystalline blue and mauve glaze
Made at the Ishikawa-ken Technical School
JAPANESE; c.1910
Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, DSO, through the National Art-Collections Fund
C.214-1911
Credit line
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund
Object history
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through the Art Fund, accessioned in 1911. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Collection
Accession number
C.214-1911

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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