Potter: Nagai Iwakichi (Perhaps)
Very heavy stoneware vase of Meiping shape. Thrown and turned. Dark grey body. Green copper glaze which has been reduced in many areas to the metal giving a very dark red lustre. One side reveals flame effects in the firing. Grey metal rim, perhaps repair of damage.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Diameter: 19.70 cm
Height: 31.20 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
19th Century, Mid#
Edo Period (Japanese period, 1615-1868), Late
Circa
1845
CE
-
Circa
1865
CE
Base
Diameter 13.80 cm
Rim
Diameter 5.50 cm
Glazing (coating)
Turning
Throwing
Accession number: C.358 - 1934
Primary reference Number: 167255
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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