73/2001

Collection

Ceramics

Brief description

Glazed porcelain vase and cover with Imari-style decoration of flowering trees within panels, one of a pair thought to be made in Japan c.1860.

Object name

vase

Object number

73/2001

Production date

c.1860 (manufactured)

Production place

Japan (manufactured)

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Material

porcelain
glaze

Technique

glazed

Physical description

Glazed porcelain ginger jar shaped vase and cover with a ridged body. The vase is decorated with flowering trees set in two petal shaped panels, and two floral designs painted in red on the white body surrounded by a red border with floral decoration. The body of the vase outside the reserved panels is painted blue with red and white flowers, and there is a band of geometric decoration in blue at the foot of the vase. The decoration on the domed cover matches that on the vase, with the finial painted blue.

Dimensions

Height: 21.6cm

Website keywords

ornaments