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  • Museum Accession No.: EA2000.45
  • Catalogue No.: 149
  • Object type: Cup and saucer
  • Kiln/Location: Kakiemon blue-and-white, Arita
  • Period/Date: c. 1700
  • Dimensions: saucer D. 11.3 cm, cup, D. 7.3 cm
  • Provenance: Gift of Mr and Mrs Richard Barker
  • Description: Cup and saucer. On both, a leaping tiger faces banded hedges, rocks, plum and bamboo and each is bisected by a double circumferential line. Four further lines, three above footrim, one within the base.
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