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Pottery: Ninsei (Imitation)
Footed tea bowl, thrown and turned, of pale buff-coloured fine stoneware with a brown glaze (slightly lustrous) having a reserved area of double-gourd shape in which are painted in blue, green, yellowish-brown, brown and black enamels with a pine tree, a plum and a bamboo, crane , cloud and waves.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.40 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
19th Century, Late#
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Circa
1875
-
Circa
1899
Decoration
composed of
pigment
( blue, geen, red, yellow and black)
Rim
Diameter 11.00 cm
Foot
Diameter 4.40 cm
Part
Inscription present: oval Ninsei seal
Accession number: C.126-1934
Primary reference Number: 71686
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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