Jar

anonymous, anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1499

In Japan cracks in pottery are not repaired to be as invisible as possible, but rather are emphasized with gold lacquer. Usually the restorations are done with plain gold lacquer, but the restored cracks on this jar are exceptionally elaborately ornamented with maple leaves, cherry blossoms, and plovers and waves.

  • Artwork typeurn
  • Object numberAK-MAK-679
  • Dimensionsheight 16 cm, diameter 14.4 cm, diameter 19.5 cm, diameter 11.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed met een geelgroen glazuur en (goud)lak

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Jar
    • Ovoid jar with a yellow green glaze and laquer

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-679

  • Description

    Eivormige pot van steengoed, bedekt met een groen glazuur. De onderzijde is ongeglazuurd. De rand is gebroken geweest en is gerestaureerd met goudlak en lakwerk beschilderd met esdoornbladeren, prunusbloesems en plevieren met golven. Oud label op de onderzijde met 'W511'. Seto.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label: ‘W511’

Creation

  • Creation

    • potter: anonymous, Japan
    • potter: anonymous, Seto

  • Dating

    c. 1300 - c. 1499

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    steengoed met een geelgroen glazuur en (goud)lak

  • Dimensions

    • height 16 cm
    • diameter 14.4 cm
    • diameter 19.5 cm
    • diameter 11.7 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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