Vase with flowers and waves

Details

• Title

  Vase with flowers and waves

• Associated place

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

  Europe (place of creation)

  Europe (original location)

  Europe › United Kingdom › England (probable) (probable original location)

• Date

  c. 1670
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with moulded and incised decoration, and polychrome overglaze enamels; neck cut down, and mounted with incised silver gilt band; modelled handles

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  formed › modelled;

  marked › incised;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled;

  altered;

  cut;

  covered › metallized › gilded

  more

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › temple-vase

• Dimensions

  16.6 x 8.5 x 6 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  width and depth at mouth 16.6 x 6.4 x 4.8 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1999.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1999.97

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