Vase

Region Satsuma (Japanese, founded 1598)

Mediumporcelain with enamel

Dimensions3 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 inches (8.6 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981

Object number41.33.8

ClassificationsHousehold Accessories

DescriptionAmphora shaped; circular spreading foot; white crackled ground; heavy gold enamel decoration; twenty male and female figures in four panels on body.

ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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