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Wares of this shape and size would not have been marketed in Japan. The areas of dark blue were achieved by painting with cobalt oxide under a clear glaze and firing to a high temperature in a reducing atmosphere. The gold, red and other enamel colours were applied and fused on in subsequent, low-temperature firings. The distinctive so-called Imari-style colour scheme was much copied by 18th-century European manufacturers.<br><br><b>Place</b><br>Imari was the port in western Japan through which this and other products of the nearby Arita kilns were shipped. Porcelains for export were sent to Dejima, a small island in Nagasaki harbour, for shipment abroad by Dutch and Chinese merchants.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>At the time this vase was made, merchants of the Dutch East India Company were the only Europeans permitted to conduct trade in Japan. This was due to the Japanese government's seclusion policy, which was enforced from 1639 until the mid-1850s. European hard-paste porcelain comparable in quality to Chinese and Japanese imports was first made at Meissen in Germany in the early years of the 18th century. Porcelain was made in Britain from the late 1740s onwards.","physicalDescription":"Jar and cover 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":["2009CR0538"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145 (VA)","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"EXP","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"145 (VA)","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"EXP","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jar","id":""}],[{"text":"Lid","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"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":"72.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"36.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Height checked: Publication; 08/10/2001 by APS\r\nDiameter 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.\nMade in Arita, Japan;;","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jar and lid, 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":"AAT132399"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis vase is one of a set of five large vases and beakers of a type made specially for export to Europe. Large vases such as these were often displayed at the top of staircases or, as here, in fireplaces, during the summer months when fires were not needed.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.1521-1910","C.1521A-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"1521","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"","id":""},"number":"Loan no. 47"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Jar","Lid"],"assets":["2019LR1895","2019LP1355","2019LP0532","2019LR4877","2019LT5217","2019LU3806","2019LV2820","2019LW4292"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}