Petalled saucer with cranes

Details

• Title

  Petalled saucer with cranes

• 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

  early 18th century
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, moulded, with underglaze painting in blue, and iron-brown glaze on the rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › saucer

• Dimensions

  3 cm (height)
  18.2 cm irregular, max. (diameter)
  at foot 12 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 37 | Japan 1600 - 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.713

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