Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology		The Collections:
	PotWeb:	Ceramics online @ the Ashmolean Museum	•	Early Europe & Near East
			•	Classical to Medieval
			•	Europe from 1500
			•	Oriental & Islamic

Japanese Export Ware

First

Previous

Introduction

Next

Last

89 of 147

Museum Accession No.: EA1978.686 Catalogue No.: 192 Object type: Bottle Kiln/Location: Kakiemon, Arita Period/Date: c. 1680 Dimensions: H. 41.8 cm, D. 22.4 cm Provenance: Reitlinger gift Description: Double-gourd bottle. Tall trumpet mouth. Overglaze enamels in Kakiemon palette. On lower bulb, two peonies in rocks with two birds, a smaller peony and another flower in rocks with butterfly opposite. On upper bulb, linked, stylised peony and floral scroll motifs. Band of red key-fret encircles waist. Cloud scrolls on shoulder. Double red circle round foot. Exhibited: OCS, 1956, no. 163 (not illustrated) Similar Example: OCS, 1956, no. 163 (not illustrated) Illustrated: Jenyns, 1965, pl. 56A	Main View
	Detail of Decoration

First

Previous

Introduction

Next

Last

© Copyright University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2004 The Ashmolean Museum retains the copyright of all materials used here and in its Museum Web pages. Last updated: 30-Jan-2004