Arita Ware Covered Jar with a Panel Depicting a Collection of Antiques in a Chinese Garden

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description Outside the panel is a gardern with bamboo and roses. A cock defends his family (hen and chicks) from the attack of another cock. The jar is made in one piece, not separate pieces put together as in China.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/03/2018	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Harry Gladding, Baltimore, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1981.

Credit Gift of Mr. Harry L. Gladding, 1981

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Creator

Japanese (Ceramicist)

Period

late 19th century (?) (Meiji)

Medium

porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.2472

Measurements

H with lid: 65 3/4 × Diam: 29 7/8 in. (167.01 × 75.88 cm); Vase H: 50 13/16 × Diam: 29 7/8 in. (129 × 75.88 cm); Lid H: 19 1/8 × Diam: 14 3/4 in. (48.51 × 37.5 cm).

Geographies

Japan, Arita (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View