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It is one of a substantial group of Japanese ceramics from this exhibition reticently accepted as a gift from Kenneth Dingwall at a time when the V&A had made a conscious decision to no longer collect modern Japanese artefacts. The Makuzu workshop was established in Yokohama, one of the main portals of trade with the West, in 1871. It initially produced Satsuma-style pottery painted in polychrome enamels and gold, but during the 1880s it focused increasingly on the making of porcelain, often in Chinese styles. In the case of this particular vase, however, and its masterful demonstration of crystalline glaze technology, it is more likely that the source of inspiration was contemporaneous works sold, at very high prices, by the Royal Copenhagen Manufactory.","physicalDescription":"Porcelain vase in the form of two polar bears inside an icy cave.  Layers of ice and snow are suspended from the top of the vase, melting over the cave and causing small turquoise streams to flow over the brown rocks.  The heads and front legs of the polar bears are visible inside the opening of the cave.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Miyagawa Kozan","id":"A2298"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, with decoration in underglaze blue and brown","categories":[{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[{"text":"Meiji","id":"AAT18567"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2015HL8233","2006AL3860"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"137","id":"THES49876"},"free":"","case":"22","shelf":"8","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Vase","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Yokohama","id":"x32223"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1900-1910","earliest":"1895-01-01","latest":"1910-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO  with Art Fund support","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"22.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"15.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions  from Registered Description","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support, accessioned in 1910. 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The source of inspiration for this remarkable object was models of polar bears made by the Royal Copenhagen Manufactory. The icy effect was created using experimental glaze techniques.\r\n\r\nMarked ‘Makuzu’ for the Miyagawa Kōzan workshop\r\nYokohama\r\nPorcelain painted in underglaze blue and brown\r\nDingwall Gift through the Art Fund\r\nMuseum no. 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