Vase depicting a kingfisher sitting on a reed

Details

• Title

  Vase depicting a kingfisher sitting on a reed

• Artist/maker

  Miyagawa Hanzan (1859 - 1940) (potter)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1920 - 1940

• Material and technique

  stoneware, thrown, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  thrown;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase

• Dimensions

  22 cm (height)
  23 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 2008.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2008.69

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