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Maker: Once Known Maker

Culture: Japanese

Date Made: 19th century

Material: Ceramic

Measurements: 2 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (5.4 x 26.35 cm)

Collection: Smith College Museum of Art SC 2000.37.1

Extra Information: 

  • Meiji-era ceramics were often produced primarily in Arita where porcelain intended for domestic use was hand painted
  • Works that were intended on being exported were often created through mass production means using a stencil or transfer-prints1
    • It is important to note the exact production of this object is unknown

  1. Ross, Douglas E. 2012. “Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Japanese Domestic Wares from British Columbia.” In Ceramics in America, edited by Robert Hunter. The Chipstone Foundation. ↩︎

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