Flacon (bin), M.C. 2827(2), Entre 1800 et 1900

Author(s): yatsushiro (ceramic production center), ceramist production date: between 1800 and 1900 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): ceramic, japan name(s): bottle materials and techniques: stoneware, engraved = incised, inlay place(s) of execution/realization: higo (historical region) dimensions - artwork: height: 19cm diameter: 8cm description: bottle for elixir, gray with incised decoration and inlaid with white earth; with a cap. “seiji –yū zōgan” style. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: mark - pine needle shaped mark engraved on the bottom of the foot iconographic description: on the body, decoration of propitiatory characters incised and filled with white. Themes / subjects / places represented: non-figurative representation - abstraction, ideogram, chrysanthemum mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: cernuschi, henri date of acquisition: 1896 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 2827. Date: Entre 1800 et 1900.