Square bottle with Dutch decoration of flowers, birds, and insects

Details

• Title

  Square bottle with Dutch decoration of flowers, birds, and insects

• Associated people

  Soame Jenyns (1904 - 1976) (owner)

• Associated place

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

  Europe › Netherlands (place of creation)

  Europe (original location)

  Europe › Netherlands (probable) (probable original location)

• Date

  1st half of the 18th century
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, slab-built, with polychrome overglaze enamels, and gold

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  handbuilt › slab built;

  luted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › bottle

• Dimensions

  19.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.510

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