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Foliated dish with figures in a landscape
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- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites › Nangawara › Kakiemon kiln-sites (possible place of creation)Europe (original location)Europe › United Kingdom › England › Nottinghamshire › Welbeck Abbey (probable former location)
- Date
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1st half of the 18th century
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Artist/maker
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possibly Kakiemon workshops (established mid-17th century) (potter)
- Associated people
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Margaret Bentinck, 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715 - 1785) (owner)possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with press-moulded rim, underglaze painting in blue, and iron-brown glaze on the rim
- Dimensions
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5.6 cm (height)
31.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 19 cm (diameter)
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formed › moulded › press moulded,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.716
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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. 272 on p. 96, illus. p. 96
Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 143 on p. 116, p. 114, illus. p. 116
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art, 6 January-15 February 1984, and Singapore, 2 March-1 April 1984, Tokyo, 27 April-8 May 1984, and Osaka, 11 May-23 May 1984, Interaction in Ceramics: Oriental Porcelain and Delftware [= Tung fang tz‘u i yü Ho-lan Te-erh-fu t‘e t‘ao tz‘u], C. J. A. Jörg, ed. (Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1984), no. 69 on p. 114, illus. p. 115 & p. 213 fig. 69
Fitski, Menno, Kakiemon Porcelain: A Handbook (Leiden: Leiden University Press and Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2011), illus. p. 23 fig. 14
Glossary (3)
glaze, porcelain, underglaze painting
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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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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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- currently in research collection
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