Banko hanging flower vase, Japanese

An image of Kukawa (?). Hanging flower vase. Stamped with potter’s name Ikukawa and pottery area Banko. Moulded, various clays with blue and green glazes, length 21.1 cm, width 19.9 cm, circa 1800 to 1900. Japan, Banko.

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Kukawa (?). Hanging flower vase. Stamped with potter’s name Ikukawa and pottery area Banko. Moulded, various clays with blue and green glazes, length 21.1 cm, width 19.9 cm, circa 1800 to 1900. Japan, Banko.

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Accession Number: C.15-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 668 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 97.05kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2010:05:19 11:44:47

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19th Century Artist/Maker Banko earthenware Date Department Fitz_AA Japanese Material Medium Object Type Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_15 clay dragonflies dragonfly flower vase glazed insects overglaze pottery vase

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