Jar
ca. 1740-1800 (made)
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Jar of stoneware, thick and heavy, covered with a clear crackled glaze, with decoration of landscapes, dragons, flowers, and various diapers painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with clear crackled glaze and decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Jar, stoneware with clear crackled glaze and decoration in underglaze cobablt blue and overglaze enamels; Japan, Tokyo, Edo period, ca. 1740-1800 |
| Physical description | Jar of stoneware, thick and heavy, covered with a clear crackled glaze, with decoration of landscapes, dragons, flowers, and various diapers painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Banko' impressed on base |
| Gallery label | JAR
Stoneware with clear crackled glaze and decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels
Mark Banko impressed on base
Banko ware
JAPANESE; c.1740-1800
315-1877
This piece combines many decorative schema from Chinese ceramics.(As at 2005) |
| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 157 |
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| Accession number | 315-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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