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Gallipot with floral decoration and the initials L.G.
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- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Asia (possible original location)Europe (possible original location)
- Date
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late 17th century
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Associated people
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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with underglaze painting in blue
- Dimensions
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20.3 cm (height)
13.5 cm (diameter)
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container › vessel › pot › ointment-pot › gallipot
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.693
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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. 117 on p. 105, pp. 51 & 104, illus. p. 105
Jorg, Christian J. A., ‘Japanese Apothecary Bottles with Initials’, Hyakunenan Journal of Porcelain Studies, (1992)
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 35 | West Meets East
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Second floor | Room 35 | West Meets East
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