Vase
Place made:Japan
General region:Asia
Culture: Japanese
Period: Meiji Restoration
Date: ca. 1890
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions:
h. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Elinor Appleby in memory of William Meyer
Object number: 91.51
Signed: Signed: Kinkozan
Provenance: Eleanor Appleby
Label Text
Satsuma ware originated in southern Kyushu, its development aided by Korean potters who were brought forcibly to Japan in the sixteenth century. When Satsuma ceramics were showcased at the Paris Exposition of 1867, they were a sensation and became a popular export item for a few decades. The Kinkōzan kilns were active from 1645 to 1927, and they exported to America heavily from 1875. This vase is covered with figures from daily life, mythology, and religious contexts, tightly packed with other motifs in a style called nishikide (brocade) that the Japanese thought appealed to Western tastes.
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