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Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923 (23.225.360). Open Access, public domain (CC0). Museum record
Satsuma ware takes its name from the domain in southern Kyushu where it was made. The museum describes this vase as pottery with a design in red and gold, dated about 1800, in the Edo period (1615–1868).
- Medium
- Pottery with design in red and gold (Satsuma ware)
- Dimensions
- H. 10 5/8 in. (27.0 cm); Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
- Date
- About 1800
- Culture
- Japan
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Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1923 (per the museum’s credit line). At launch, the full provenance from the house appears here.
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