Bottle with the Initials L. G., 1660-1680
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Imari ware; porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.296
Not on Viewexpand_more
The initials L.G. refer to the unknown, likely European, client who commissioned this bottle. The vessel was produced in the Arita region of western Japan. Before it was fired, an artist painted the initials and surrounding floral motifs with a brush, using a blue pigment made of cobalt oxide. The finished bottle would have left from the port of Imari, headed for Europe on a ship probably controlled by the Dutch East India Company.
Details
- Title
- Bottle with the Initials L. G.
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.296
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 614
- Curator Approved
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