Satsuma style vase with lotus plants and ducks

Details

• Title

  Satsuma style vase with lotus plants and ducks

• Artist/maker

  Miyagawa Kōzan (1842 - 1916) (potter)

  Makuzu kiln (1871 - 1959) (potter)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Kanagawa prefecture › Yokohama › Ota › Makuzu kiln-site (place of creation)

  Europe (probable) (probable original location)

• Date

  1870s

• Material and technique

  earthenware, thrown, with hand-modelled decoration in high-relief, and polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  thrown;

  formed › modelled;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  container › vessel › vase;

  miscellaneous equipment › model

• Dimensions

  36 cm (height)
  26 cm (diameter)
  at mouth 20 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum and the Story Fund, 2008.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 36 | Japan from 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2008.65

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