Arita ware bottle
Object Details
- Description
- Bottle-vase; round body; tall narrow neck; undamaged condition.
- Clay: white porcelain, fine smooth texture.
- Glaze: clear, feldspathic.
- Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue of good quality; fine, delicate technique; landscape with Kakiemon style, upright plantain leaves on neck bordered with petal band at base and overlapping pointed petal band below lip.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Credit Line
- Anonymous gift
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1680-1700
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1978.50a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 18 x 10.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/8 in)
- Style
- Arita ware
- Origin
- Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- landscape
- Arita ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- cobalt pigment
- Japan
- porcelain
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1978.50a-d
- Usage
- Not determined
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