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Vase depicting a kingfisher sitting on a reedoblique

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Vase depicting a kingfisher sitting on a reed

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Associated place

Asia › Japan (place of creation)

Date

1920 - 1940

Artist/maker

Miyagawa Hanzan (1859 - 1940) (potter)

Material and technique

stoneware, thrown, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold

Dimensions

22 cm (height)
23 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware,

processed material › enamel,

processed material › metal › gold

Technique index

thrown,

glazed,

covered › coated › glazed,

covered › coated › enamelled

Object type index

container › vessel › vase

No. of items

1

Credit line

Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 2008.

Accession no.

EA2008.69

Glossary

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stoneware

stoneware

Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.

Location

- Second floor | Room 36 | Japan

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