A174 Vase, glazed earthenware with painted landscape and flowers, maker unknown, collected by Rev. Julian Tennison-Woods, Japan, c. 1890

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Vase, glazed earthenware, 1885 - 1895

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Object statement

Vase, glazed earthenware with painted landscape and flowers, maker unknown, collected by Rev. Julian Tennison-Woods, Japan, c. 1890

History notes

This vase was collected by Reverend Julian Tennison-Woods c. 1890 in Japan.

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Description

A vase, with painted landscape and flowers, earthenware. Vase is a squat globular form with a slender tapering cylindrical neck with an inverted lip, circular base slightly concaved. The overall painted pattern on vase includes landscapes with a figure. The neck of the vase is painted in tightly spaced vertical lines. There is a in-fill design between landscapes of fruit on stripped brown ground, all in light tans and greens.

: 1885 - 1895

Collected (natural history): 1885 - 1895

Marks

Paper label adhered to neck of vase, printed in black ink, "Japan."

Registration number

A174

Production date

1885 - 1895

Height

100 mm

Width

105 mm

Depth

105 mm

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Acquisition credit line

Purchased from the estate of the Rev. Julian Tenison-Woods, 1890

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.

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