Cruet jug for soy sauce

Details

• Title

  Cruet jug for soy sauce

• Associated people

  Soame Jenyns (1904 - 1976) (owner)

• Associated place

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

  Europe (original location)

• Date

  c. 1700
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with red overglaze enamel, and gold and pink colloidal gold; handle pierced for mount

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › cruet-set;

  container › vessel › jug

• Dimensions

  19.5 x 11.5 x 10.5 cm (height x width x depth)
  at foot 6.5 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.

  EA1978.424

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