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Seated figure of a Buddhist disciple, or rakan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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19th century (1801 - 1900)
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Artist/maker
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style of Kakiemon workshops (established mid-17th century) (potter)
- Associated people
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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, hollow-moulded, hand-modelled, and mould-made, with incised details on the face; body covered in brown slip; robes covered in a green celadon glaze
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 15.1 x 17.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.86
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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. 416 on p. 237, illus. p. 237
Glossary (3)
glaze, porcelain, slip
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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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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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