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Gourd-shaped ewer with moulded vine leaves
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites › Nangawara › Kakiemon kiln-sites (possible place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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1680 - 1700
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Artist/maker
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possibly 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 moulded decoration, underglaze painting in blue, and polychrome overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
- 16 x 18 x 13 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.637
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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. 166 on p. 70, illus. p. 70
Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 81 on p. 86, illus. p. 86
Jenyns, Soame, Japanese Porcelain, Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pl.58a
Glossary (2)
porcelain, underglaze painting
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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.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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