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Pottery: Unknown
Red stoneware jar of ovoid form, thrown and turned. Prominent throwing rings. Brown glaze, inside and out, decorated with a band of poured/splashed white straw ash glaze.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 18.30 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
18th Century
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1799
CE
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( white straw ash glaze)
Base
Diameter 10.00 cm
Rim
Diameter 10.90 cm
Water Container
Diameter 17.30 cm
Glazing (coating)
Turning
Throwing
Accession number: C.119-1934
Primary reference Number: 71497
Brangwyn number: 168
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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