Room 37 | Japan 1600-1850 gallery
Discover the arts of the Edo period (1600-1868) from porcelain to lacquer to painting.
Galleries : 175 objects
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Figure of two sumo wrestlers
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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late 17th century
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Associated people
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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with red and black overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum and an anonymous benefactor, 1981.
- Accession no.
- EA1981.43
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 309 on p. 193, pp. 14 & 21, illus. p. 193
Glossary
porcelain
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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.
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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