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Figure

ca. 1800-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dohachi Workshop (maker)
Place of origin
Kyoto (made)

Figure of a cock, black-lacquered earthenware.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Figure
Materials and techniques
Lacquered earthenware
Earthenware
Lacquered
Brief description
Figure of a cock, lacquered earthenware; made by Dohachi workshop in Kyoto, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1800-50
Physical description
Figure of a cock, black-lacquered earthenware.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
Style
Edo
Gallery label
(As at 2005)
FIGURE OF A COCKEREL
Lacquered earthenware Kyoto, Dohachi workshop JAPANESE; c.1800-1850
274-1877
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.
Association
Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876 (1876)
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 116, illustrated on p.66
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
274-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O495160/figure-dohachi-workshop/
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