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Vase with procession celebrating the Seven Lucky Gods
- on display
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (place of creation)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Artist/maker
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Shōko Takebe (active 1868 - 1912) (potter)
- Associated people
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Thomas B. Blow (active late 19th century - early 20th century) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold
- Dimensions
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16 cm (height)
7.9 cm (diameter)
at base 5.4 cm (diameter)
at mouth 3.2 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent from a private collection, in memory of John Kiggell.
- Accession no.
- LI1113.1
Glossary
earthenware
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
Location
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Second floor | Room 36 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 36 | Japan
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