{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O493601"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O493601/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CP3021/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CP3021/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2009CP3021","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O493601/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O493601","accessionNumber":"C.1524-1910","objectType":"Vase","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"This magnificent vase is from a garniture (a set of matching vases) made for display in a princely European interior. Comprising three covered jars and two beaker-type vases decorated in the Imari palette of blue, red and gold, it is among the finest garnitures of this type to survive. A similar set is displayed on a balustrade at the top of a grand staircase at Schloss Fasanerie, near Fulda, Germany; elsewhere they were massed on top of cabinets or arranged on wall brackets. In the summer months these large jars were often grouped or displayed singly inside fireplaces. \r\n\r\nThe grandeur of this garniture suggests that it would have been ordered privately through an agent of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, in Dutch, literally 'United East Indian Company', founded in 1602). These agents were either stationed in Japan or were part of a ship's crew and were thus able to commission grander objects than the stock official porcelains imported by the VOC itself, the profitability of the trade in which declined during the early 18th century. \r\n\r\nIn contrast to Kakiemon porcelains, Imari wares are bold and ostentatious, the designs possibly inspired by fashionable 'bizarre' silks. The dark blue ground, almost black on this piece, is not dissimilar to lacquer, another fashionable and exotic material imported into Europe from the East.\r\n\r\nThe term Imari comes from the name of the port in western Japan through which this and other products of the nearby Arita kilns were shipped. Porcelains for export were sent to Nagasaki for shipment abroad by Chinese and Dutch merchants, the Dutch, who were confined to the small man-made island of Dejima, being the only Europeans permitted to conduct trade in Japan at this time.","physicalDescription":"Vase of elongated baluster form painted in blue, red and gold with floral motifs including peonies, prunus and grape vines.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"},{"text":"enamelled","id":"x30139"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, and gold","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[{"text":"Edo","id":"AAT106643"},{"text":"Imari","id":"AAT18595"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2009CP3021"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145 (VA)","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"EXP","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Vase","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Arita","id":"x31992"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1690-1720","earliest":"1690-01-01","latest":"1720-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Salting Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"57.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"24.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions from registers","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Arita kilns (Imari type), Edo period, 1690-1720","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"flowers","id":"x35571"},{"text":"landscapes","id":"x31544"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.1524-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"1524","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"","id":""},"number":"Loan no. 50"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR5905","2019LV1863","2019LX0141"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-25","availableToBook":false}}