Bottle with flowers and birds

Details

• Title

  Bottle with flowers and birds

• Associated people

  Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (ruled 1694 - 1733) (owner)

• Associated place

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

  Europe › Germany › Saxony-Anhalt › Dresden (Japanese Palace) (original location)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › bottle

• Dimensions

  23.8 cm (height)
  10 cm max. (diameter)
  at base 7.2 cm (diameter)
  at mouth 2.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.461

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