Fluted saucer dish with a tiger and butterfly

Details

• Title

  Fluted saucer dish with a tiger and butterfly

• Artist/maker

  Kakiemon workshops (established mid-17th century) (potter)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites › Nangawara › Kakiemon kiln-sites (place of creation)

  Europe (original location)

• Date

  c. 1700
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  nigoshide porcelain, press-moulded, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  formed › moulded › press moulded;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish › saucer-dish

• Dimensions

  3.4 cm (height)
  15 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Lady Cash, 1964.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1964.175

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