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Figure of a shishi, or lion dog
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Details
- 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 (Aka-e machi) (possible place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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late 17th 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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possibly Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, probably mould-made, with hand-modelled details, and polychrome overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
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20.3 x 18.3 x 10 cm max. (height x width x depth)
width at base 20.3 x 15.2 x 10 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.663.b
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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. 185 on p. 135, illus. p. 135
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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- currently in research collection
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