Lamp-plate (aburazara) with design of birds over a figure on a bridge
Lamp-plate (aburazara) with design of birds over a figure on a bridge
Lamp-plate (aburazara) with design of birds over a figure on a bridge
Lamp-plate (aburazara) with design of birds over a figure on a bridge

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South Asian Art

Lamp-plate (aburazara) with design of birds over a figure on a bridge

Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
1998-812

Information

Title
Lamp-plate (aburazara) with design of birds over a figure on a bridge
Medium
Seto ware: stoneware with iron glaze designs on a cream body and transparent glaze
Dimensions
h. 2.1 cm., diam. 23.8 cm. (13/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-812
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
lamp holders, plates (dishes), seto
Materials
glaze, stoneware
Subject
figures (representations), bridges (built works), birds

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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