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Anonymous
Hanging Flower Vase in the Form of a Quiver1690-1736

Not on view
Celadon-glazed ceramic basket-form vessel with tall arched handle, rectangular open body, pierced inner wall, and beaded relief decoration

Anonymous, Hanging Flower Vase in the Form of a Quiver, 1690-1736, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 1995 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Hanging Flower Vase in the Form of a Quiver
Place Made
Japan, Saga prefecture
Date Made
1690-1736
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hizen ware, Nabeshima style; slab-built porcelain with molded, modeled, cut, and incised decoration and celadon glaze
Dimensions
14 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (36.51 × 16.51 × 6.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 1995 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
AC1995.55.1
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Guth, Christine. Asobi: Play in the Arts of Japan. Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum of Art, 1992.
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Report on the Arita Ware Rediscovery Project. Saga-ken: Saga-ken Bunka Supōtsu Kōryū-Kyoku Bunkaka : Saga Kenritsu Kyūshū Tōji Bunkakan, 2020