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

Vase

ca. 1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of earthenware, painted in enamel colours with figures and trees on a cream-coloured crackled ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted in coloured enamels over crackled cream glaze
Brief description
Vase, earthenware painted in coloured enamels over crackled cream glaze; Japan, made in Satsuma, decorated in Yokohama, Edo period, ca. 1865
Physical description
Vase of earthenware, painted in enamel colours with figures and trees on a cream-coloured crackled ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Mr. Hewett, accessioned in 1868. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
617-1868

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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