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Kendi with moulded decoration
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- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Asia › South-east Asia (probable original location)Europe (possible original location)
- Date
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late 17th century
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Associated people
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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with moulded decoration under a green celadon glaze
- Dimensions
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21 x 18 x 15.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
depth at foot 21 x 18 x 9.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.1094
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 237 on p. 87, illus. p. 87
Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 288 on p. 183, illus. p. 183
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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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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