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Figure of a cock and hen on a tree stump
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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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c. 1700
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Associated people
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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain figures, formed in individual moulds, and luted with glaze, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold
- Dimensions
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29.7 x 19.7 x 18.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
width and depth at base 29.7 x 15.5 x 11.5 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, 1989.
- Accession no.
- EA1989.10
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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. 310 on p. 194, illus. p. 194
Glossary (3)
glaze, luted, porcelain
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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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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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