Jar depicting a terraced garden with two verandas

Details

• Title

  Jar depicting a terraced garden with two verandas

• Associated people

  Soame Jenyns (1904 - 1976) (owner)

• Associated place

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

  Europe (original location)

• Date

  1660 - 1680
  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

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  26.5 cm (height)
  17.3 cm (diameter)
  at foot 10.1 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.645

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