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Kyo-Satsuma vase in double-gourd form with mandarin ducks under cherry blossom
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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late 19th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, thrown, probably in two parts and luted together with slip, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold
- Dimensions
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14.8 cm (height)
25.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 17.2 cm max. (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.698
Glossary (3)
earthenware, luted, slip
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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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
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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