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Pear-shaped bottle with a green 'flambé' glaze

Glossary (2)

glaze, porcelain

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

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    • currently in research collection

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  • Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912 by Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman

    Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period

    Pear-shaped porcelain bottle with flared neck covered in a green flambé glaze. Impressed gourd-shaped seal on base: Kōji (?) in a double gourd.

    Kōzan was experimenting with flambé and transmutation glazes in the manner developed at Limoges and Copenhagen, some of which depended on Chinese originals, from early 1880s. Flambé glazes intermingle colours seamlessly in an amazing variety. We are not sure of the date of this exquisite bottle, but belive it to be from the late nineteenth century.

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