Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)Discover exquisite embroideries, dyed silk and velvet panels, tapestries, and appliqué works
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Satsuma bowl with phoenix in clouds
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Kagoshima prefecture (place of creation)Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Kagoshima prefecture (Tateno kiln-sites) (probable place of creation)Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Kagoshima prefecture (Iso kiln-sites) (possible place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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2nd half of the 19th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
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probably Tateno workshops (active 17th century - late 19th century) (potter)possibly Iso workshop (active mid-19th century - late 1920s) (potter)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, thrown, with red, blue, and gold overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
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7.3 cm (height)
10.9 cm (diameter)
at foot 5.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.678
Glossary (2)
earthenware, phoenix
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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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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Past Exhibition
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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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