Dragon and turtle-shaped spout, sake jug

Dragon and turtle-shaped spout, sake jug
伊万里染付龍文　酒甕
 (mid 19th century)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
porcelain, gilt, enamel (Imari ware)
Measurements
(a-b) 24.5 × 26.2 × 22.1 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Arita, Kyushu, Japan
Accession Number
2018.610.a-b
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Pauline Gandel, 2018
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Discover more

Learning Resource
Kimono | Japanese Language Learning Resource
Video
American Japanese Design
Exhibition
Golden shells and the gentle mastery of Japanese lacquer
Video
The world of wabi-sabi | Japanese ceramics and kimono
Video
Exhibition Tour – Japanese Modernism
Listen
Asian Art | Ambience in a Timeless Japanese Landscape
Learning Resource
Japanese vocabulary skills with Noh Theatre costumes and characters
Learning Resource
Poster design for change: Inspired by twentieth century Japanese graphic design
Exhibition
Japanese Modernism
Essay
Japanese modernism: between earthquake and war
Essay
Conservator Insight: Japanese Modernism display systems
Learning Resource
Make your mark: Design your own Japanese inspired emblem
Essay
Japanese Design: Neolithic to Now
Essay
‘Unfolding’ Japanese screens
Exhibition
Japanese Design
Essay
Japanese Large plate with cherry blossom, wisteria and Oiran with nightingale
Learning Resource
Bushido: Way of the Samurai | Language Resource for Japanese Students
Essay
Japanese woodblock prints: a mass medium
Essay
The singularity of occasion Sōami and sixteenth-century Japanese display protocols
Essay
Japanese Horse stable

Explore the collection

Dr Will Maloney John RUSSELL Li Bai writing in an inebriated state FU Xiaoshi Broken flag Sho KIDOKORO Love and peace on earth! Hirokatsu Hijikata Only one Earth Hirokatsu Hijikata Help Hirokatsu Hijikata Bowl with floral decoration CHINESE COVID-19 scroll Sonia CHITRAKAR Three Wheels Hodaka YOSHIDA Smoking man Chang Xugong Embroidered strip INDIAN Water is life! Kazuo Saito Girl Holding a Sunflower Tadashi NAKAYAMA Untitled Indian Bazaar Poster Hirokatsu Hijikata Untitled Indian Bazaar Hollowed-out columns woven with clay bars GENG Xue Geng Against the nuclear arms Hirokatsu Hijikata Empowered mother Soni JOGI Wine ewer JAPANESE Sake bottle and cup Ōban studio Garuda glass painting INDIAN Dowry pata Jaba CHITRAKAR Anglo-Indian nauch-girl glass painting INDIAN Wine Cup CHINESE Whisk CENTRAL ASIAN Fragments GENG Xue Geng Brush washer CHINESE Narghile, huqqua base PERSIAN Against the nuclear arms JAPANESE