Gallipot with peony and pomegranate sprays

Details

• Title

  Gallipot with peony and pomegranate sprays

• 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

  2nd half of the 17th century
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in blue, and with red, yellow, and green overglaze enamels

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › pot › ointment-pot › gallipot

• Dimensions

  25.3 cm (height)
  15.5 cm (diameter)
  at mouth 3.4 cm (diameter)
  at foot 9.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1793

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