The Ingrams in Japan
A story about Sir Herbert and Lady Ingram’s honeymoon in Japan, where they collected hundreds of objects now in the Ashmolean’s collection.
Collection trails: 43 objects
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Satsuma hot water pourer with pine, bamboo, and plum
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Kagoshima prefecture (Satsuma kilns) (place of creation)Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Kagoshima prefecture (Tateno kiln-sites) (possible place of creation)Europe (probable original location)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 19th century
- Artist/maker
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attributed to Tateno workshops (active 17th century - late 19th century) (potter)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, thrown and hand-modelled, with red, green, and gold enamels over a crackled glaze
- Dimensions
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7.9 cm (height)
12.8 cm irregular, max. (diameter)
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container › vessel › pourer › water-pourer,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.691
Glossary (2)
earthenware, glaze
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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