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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0218
Description
A stately, European-influenced Japanese vase, tall and slender, with two handles on either side of the neck. Elongated teardrop rising to shoulder, slender neck with handles affixed rising to a bulged lip. Celadon glaze with incised and infilled mishima technique decoration of blossoms and Greek-in…
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Title
Decorative Vase
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
35.2 x 17.0 cm
Description
A stately, European-influenced Japanese vase, tall and slender, with two handles on either side of the neck. Elongated teardrop rising to shoulder, slender neck with handles affixed rising to a bulged lip. Celadon glaze with incised and infilled mishima technique decoration of blossoms and Greek-influenced--Greek "Key"--pattern from shoulder up neck, then overglazed with transparent glaze showing crackling.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0218
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