Cup with formal floral design

Details

• Title

  Cup with formal floral design

• Associated place

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

  Europe (probable) (probable original location)

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

• Date

  c. 1660
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with polychrome overglaze enamels

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › cup

• Dimensions

  8 cm (height)
  8.2 cm (diameter)
  at foot 4.3 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.652

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