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Kendi with figure of Hotei
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Europe (probable original location)Europe › United Kingdom › England (possible original location)
- Date
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1660 - 1690
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Associated people
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Budai (active 10th century AD) (subject)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, mould-made, with polychrome overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
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19.8 cm (height)
14.7 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.646
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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. 67 on p. 79, pp. 31 & 78, illus. p. 79
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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- currently in research collection
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