Bottle with butterflies and flowers

Details

• Title

  Bottle with butterflies and flowers

• Associated place

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

• Date

  c. 1630

• Material and technique

  porcelain, engraved, and with painting in blue, under a tenmoku glaze, and with splashed brown glaze decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bottle

• Dimensions

  26 cm (height)
  9.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Yoshihiro and Noriko Imaizuki, in honour of Dr Oliver Impey, 2003.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 37 | Japan 1600 - 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2003.71

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