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Japanese-style Bowl
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In this unusual example of Russian japonisme, the bowl's exterior bears three Japanese-style, circular family crests, each with a blue and violet speckled white crane as well as a red cloud. They are separated from each other by three bats colored, respectively, in light and dark blue, black and violet, and white and yellow, hovering in a cinnabar red background dotted with multi-colored clouds. There are two decorative borders: one around the rim consists of a row of lappet shapes in yellow, tan, and turquoise; the other circumscribing its base is composed of a band of turquoise lozenges.
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Provenance
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Leo Kaplan, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., March 6, 1987, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/4 x Diam: 4 1/2 in. (5.7 x 11.4 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.788