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MATSUMOTO Hôen
(Japan)
Meiji export crafts
(Japan circa 1872–circa 1910)
- Title
- Jar with moulded design of sea creatures and net
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Year
- 19th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware, colour enamels over clear crackle glaze
- Dimensions
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37.8 x 22.8cm overall:
a - jar; 28.5 x 22.8cm; 10.2cm diam. of rim; 2.750kg
b - outer lid; 4.4 x 12cm; height x diameter; 250g
c - inner lid; 2.9 x 10.3cm; height x diameter; 200g
d - stand; 7.2 x 20.8cm; height x diam. (irreg.); 1.1kg
- Signature & date
- Signed c. base of part a - jar, in Japanese, inscribed "Nihon Tokyo Matsumoto Hôen ga [picture by Matsumoto Hôen in Tokyo, Japan]" [artist's seal]. Not dated. Signed c. underside of part d - stand, in Japanese [inscribed],"Nihon Tokyo Matsumoto Hôen ga [picture by Matsumoto Hôen in Tokyo, Japan]" [and artist's seal]. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Japanese Commissioners at International Exhibition 1881
- Accession number
- 2439.a-d
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
