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Kakiemon elephants.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Kakiemon elephants.
Description
A pair of Kakiemon-style Hizen ware porcelain elephants.
Date Edo period (between 1650 and 1699
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1699-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium Porcelain with nigoshide (a milk-white glaze) decorated with yellow, red, green and blue overglaze enamels.
Dimensions length: 14.5 cm (5.7 in); height: 35.5 cm (13.9 in); width: 44 cm (17.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,14.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,35.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,44U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Garner Collection, room 93, case 7C
London, England, United Kingdom
Accession number
1980,0325.1-2.
Object history
  • Between 1650 and 1699: Manufactured in Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan, for export to Europe.
  • 1980: Purchased by the British Museum from Lady Garner, wife of Harry Garner.
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Source/Photographer Photographed by Simonxag (Simon Speed) on 22 August 2009, 16:13.

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