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Jar
Medium
porcelain (Imari ware)
Measurements
49.5 × 36.2 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Accession Number
1537-D5
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1968
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Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Porcelain was introduced to Japan from China and Korea after Kaolin-type clays were discovered in the Arita area of Kyushu. During the seventeenth century Chinese civil conflict disrupted Chinese kilns, and porcelain production in Japan flourished to meet European and local demands. With its eccentric rock and stylised peacock/phoenix, this large jar displays pictorial influences from China as well as the Japanese motif of the paulownia tree.