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Kendi with figure of Hoteiside

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  • Kendi with figure of Hotei (side)
  • Kendi with figure of Hotei (side)
  • Kendi with figure of Hotei (side)
  • Kendi with figure of Hotei (side)
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  • Kendi with figure of Hotei (oblique)
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Kendi with figure of Hotei

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    Associated place
    Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)
    Europe (probable original location)
    England (possible original location)
    Date
    1660 - 1690
    Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
    Associated people
    Budai (active 10th century AD) (subject)
    Material and technique
    porcelain, mould-made, with polychrome overglaze enamels
    Dimensions
    19.7 x 17 x 14.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    depth at foot 19.7 x 17 x 9 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    porcelain,
    enamel
    Technique index
    moulded,
    moulded,
    glazed,
    glazed,
    enamelled
    Object type index
    figurine,
    kendi
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.641

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 172 on p. 71, illus. p. 71

    Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 66 on p. 79, pp. 31 & 78, illus. p. 79

Glossary

porcelain

Location

    • Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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