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Japanese pottery ember pot with a winter landscape

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An image of Japanese pottery. Ember pot. Ogata, Kenzan (1663-1743). Ogata, Korin (1658 -1716). Production Place: Japan, Kyoto. Hexagonal brown stoneware pot, slab-built with lifted base. Winter landscape decoration continues round all six sides, comprising temple by a lake, house, gazebo, trees, clouds and waves, in subdued colours; cream, blue, brown, black. Black rim. Cloud decoration continues inside. Stoneware, hand-built, with brush painting pigments, height 10.90 cm, diameter, rim, 14.20 cm, diameter, base, 14.50 cm, 1658-1743. Edo Period (1615-1868). Production Note: the landscape is almost certainly by Korin.

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Japanese pottery. Ember pot. Ogata, Kenzan (1663-1743). Ogata, Korin (1658 -1716). Production Place: Japan, Kyoto. Hexagonal brown stoneware pot, slab-built with lifted base. Winter landscape decoration continues round all six sides, comprising temple by a lake, house, gazebo, trees, clouds and waves, in subdued colours; cream, blue, brown, black. Black rim. Cloud decoration continues inside. Stoneware, hand-built, with brush painting pigments, height 10.90 cm, diameter, rim, 14.20 cm, diameter, base, 14.50 cm, 1658-1743. Edo Period (1615-1868). Production Note: the landscape is almost certainly by Korin.

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  • Accession Number: C.263-1934
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 895 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 156.26kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1

Key words

17th Century 18th Century brown brush painted Edo Period ember pot Fitz_AA gazebo hand built handmade hexagonal Japanese Kyoto landscape mountainous mountains Ogata Kenzan Ogata Korin Ogata Shinsei painted pot pottery Shisui slab pot stoneware Winter

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