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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

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

Vase of porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt; on one side is an unglazed panel with a lion in relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt, with relief panel in unglazed biscuit
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt, with relief panel in unglazed biscuit; Japan, Hirado ware, decorated in Arita, Meiji period, ca. 1875
Physical description
Vase of porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt; on one side is an unglazed panel with a lion in relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.8cm
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Dai Nihon Mikawachi sei' impressed on base
  • 'Koransha ni oite Seizan sei' in overglaze red on base
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 203
Collection
Accession number
361-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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