Cup with design of bird and plants

Details

• Title

  Cup with design of bird and plants

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Nagasaki prefecture › Hirado › Hirado kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  late 19th - early 20th century (1871 - 1930)

• Material and technique

  eggshell porcelain, with polychrome overglaze enamels

• Object type

  container › vessel › cup

• Dimensions

  5 cm (height)
  9.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2018.96.1

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