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Ewer in the form of a tree trunk
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Europe (probable original location)Europe › United Kingdom › England (possible original location)
- Date
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1660 - 1680
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Material and technique
- porcelain ewer, mould-made or thrown; hand-modelled branches and mould-made or hand-modelled blossoms luted to the ewer; polychrome overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
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17 x 17.8 x 11.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
depth at foot 17 x 17.8 x 8.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.644
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 171 on p. 71, illus. p. 71
Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 69 on p. 80, p. 31, illus. p. 80
Glossary (2)
luted, porcelain
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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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