Japanese pottery ember pot with a winter landscape

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

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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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