Baluster jar with flowers

Details

• Title

  Baluster jar with flowers

• 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. 1670
  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 › jar › baluster jar;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  with lid 27.3 cm (height)
  17.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by M. C. and J. W. Christie-Miller, 1976.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 37 | Japan 1600 - 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1976.52

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