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Water container: C.267-1934

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown

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Description

Footed dark brown stoneware container, of an irregular waisted form. Thrown, turned and altered, to give four finger indentations at waist. Clear base glaze with decoration in two bands of repeated application of creamy slip by the end of a flat brush. On one side the glaze has assumed a lustrous surface.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA

Legal notes

Purchased from Frank Brangwyn, using the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.10 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Utsutsugawa ⪼ Japan

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

19th Century
Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912)
Circa 1800 CE - Circa 1899 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of glaze ( creamy slip)
Rim Diameter 10.30 cm
Water Container Diameter 14.30 cm
Foot Diameter 9.40 cm

Materials used in production

clear base glaze Glaze
dark clay Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)
Turning
Throwing
Altering

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.267-1934
Primary reference Number: 73885
BJ.23?
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 3 November 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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