Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Room 37 | Japan 1600-1850 gallery

Discover the arts of the Edo period (1600-1868) from porcelain to lacquer to painting.

Japan 1600-1850 gallery

Galleries : 175 objects

Stack of stoneware dishes surmounted by a porcelain dishside

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  • Stack of stoneware dishes surmounted by a porcelain dish (top)
  • Stack of stoneware dishes surmounted by a porcelain dish (bottom)
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Stack of stoneware dishes surmounted by a porcelain dish

Glossary (3)

porcelain, stoneware, waster

  • 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.

  • stoneware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.

  • waster

    Mis-fired pottery of no commercial value that would probably have been discarded by the potter.

Location

    • Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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