Figure of a bird on tree trunk

Figure of a bird on tree trunk (EA1985.2, record shot)

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image, internal record shot)

Details

Title

Figure of a bird on tree trunk
Associated place

Arita (place of creation)

Europe (probable) (probable original location)

England (possible) (possible original location)
Date

mid-17th century
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
Material and technique

porcelain, moulded, with polychrome overglaze enamels
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

11.9 x 935 x 5.8 cm max (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Purchased, 1985.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1985.2

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Glossary of terms

porcelain

Further reading

Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 70 on p. 80, illus. p. 80

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