Dragon Teapot

Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/14/1954	Treatment	cleaned; coated
4/18/1962	Treatment	cleaned; coated
8/08/1989	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. 1876.
From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014-2016.
JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970. Herbert F. Johnson, Ithaca; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. 2016-2017.

Provenance Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Incised on bottom: Miyata Nobukiyo

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876

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Creator

Miyata Nobukiyo (Japanese, 1817-1884) (Artist)

Period

ca. 1876 (Meiji)

Medium

silver with traces of gold accents
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.1162

Measurements

Diam of body: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View