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Source Description
By the mid-17th century, Japanese ceramics became particularly popular in Southeast Asia and Europe. The Dutch East India Trading Company imported great quantities of Japanese porcelain to the Netherlands. Once there, this Japanese blue-and-white vessel was then outfitted with a silver hinged lid to repurpose the vessel into a tankard (lidded mug), presumably to make the ceramic vessel more functional for the Dutch market.
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Document identity
localId
22958
label
Handled Vessel with Silver Lid
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
22958
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Handled Vessel with Silver Lid
description
By the mid-17th century, Japanese ceramics became particularly popular in Southeast Asia and Europe. The Dutch East India Trading Company imported great quantities of Japanese porcelain to the Netherlands. Once there, this Japanese blue-and-white vessel was then outfitted with a silver hinged lid to repurpose the vessel into a tankard (lidded mug), presumably to make the ceramic vessel more functional for the Dutch market.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Porcelain: 1670-1690; Lid: 1690 (Edo period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
tankard
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26
height
17.5
depth
14
dimensionsRaw
H (to top of handle): 10 1/4 × W: 6 7/8 × D: 5 1/2 in. (26 × 17.5 × 14 cm)H (to top of lid): 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Arita style
dynasty
Edo period
med
Porcelain, underglaze blue, silver
creator_ids
6194
6227
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
1994
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