Vase
Artist
Nishiura
(Japanese, active late 19th-early 20th century)
Dateca. 1910
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/16 x 5 3/4 inches (15.72 x 14.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cohen
Object number80-14/3
Signedin underglaze cobalt blue on the bottom: "Made by Hishiura."
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DescriptionA finely potted Arita porcelain vase of double conical shape with prominently flaring mouth by Nishiura; the surface decorated in Japanese Art Nouveau style with a frieze of delicately tinted gray and white herons, having greenish brown bills and legs, set against a brilliant sapphire ground above that shifts to a pale grayish blue below; and the whole covered with a high-fired feldspathic glaze.
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Unknown
ca. 1865
2017.54.21
