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Misshapen baluster jar with flowers
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites › Nangawara › Kakiemon kiln-sites (place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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c. 1670
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Artist/maker
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Kakiemon workshops (established mid-17th century) (potter)
- Associated people
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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with polychrome overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
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41 cm (height)
29 cm (diameter)
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container › vessel › jar › baluster jar
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented, 2000.
- Accession no.
- EA2000.19
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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. 191 on pp. 139-140, pp.11, 23, & 97, illus. p. 139
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 208 on p. 74, illus. p. 74
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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