A selection of ceramics through the ages (5 second delay) Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology The Collections:
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  • Museum Accession No.: EA1978.2054
  • Object type: Dish
  • Kiln/Location: Imari
  • Historical Period/Date: Edo, c. 1630
  • Material: Porcelain
  • Dimensions: D 16 cm
  • Provenance: Ex. Max Robertson Colln. Reitlinger gift; Japan
  • Description: Reitlinger gift Shoki-Imari blue & white saucer; on the inside a very sketchy scrolling border with four peonies;in the centre a medallion, a figure of a demon. The figure appears on Chinese porcelain of the Tianqi period (1621-1627). Reitlinger gift
  • Photo. Ref.: RF 458 (32A)
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