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Satsuma vase with geometric borders
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Kagoshima prefecture (Tateno kiln-sites) (place of creation)Europe (probable original location)
- Date
- 1850 - 1875
- Artist/maker
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Tateno workshops (active 17th century - late 19th century) (potter)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, thrown, with red, blue, green, and gold enamels over a crackled glaze; gold lacquer repair
- Dimensions
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25 cm (height)
14.9 cm (diameter)
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processed material › metal › gold,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.3989
Glossary (3)
earthenware, glaze, lacquer
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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.
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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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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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