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vase

human history
  • Other Name

    sometsuke (Japanese)

  • Description

    vase

    Made from porcelain. Whiteware with cobalt blue hand painted designs. The vase has a flared lip, wide opening, a cylindrical body with flattened ovoid shape at centre of body, and a flared base. The exterior is painted with 5 ryū dragons, with cloud designs surrounding them.There is a boarder at base of half circles. The base underside has hand painted japanese text

  • Place
    Japan [China]
  • Accession Number
    1934.316
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    20793.77 (ethnology)

    K248A (ceramic)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, 1934.316, K248A, 20793.77, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 04 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase

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