Satsuma box in the form of a rat sitting on a turnip

Details

• Title

  Satsuma box in the form of a rat sitting on a turnip

• Artist/maker

  Chin Jukan Workshop (established c. 1598) (potter)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Satsuma province › Naeshirogawa kiln-sites (place of creation)

  Europe (probable) (probable original location)

• Date

  c. 1900

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with pink, green, and gold enamels over a crackled glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  miscellaneous equipment › model

• Dimensions

  9.7 x 9.2 x 8.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.695

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