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Lobed bowl with geometric and floral designs
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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, with moulded decoration, red, yellow, and aubergine overglaze enamels, and gold; iron-brown painting on the rim
- Dimensions
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8.5 cm (height)
18.5 cm max. (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Jeffrey Story and Walter Cook, 1985.
- Accession no.
- EA1985.48
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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. 366 on p. 215, illus. p. 215
Glossary
porcelain
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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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Second floor | Room 35 | West Meets East
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Second floor | Room 35 | West Meets East
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