Ginga (Galaxy)

Description

Slab-formed vase of porcelain of triangular section, with silver, gold and platinum globules on a dark blue glaze, with sculpted top, from the Ginga (Galaxy) series: Japan, Kyoto, by Kondo Takahiro, 2001

Museum reference

K.2002.2115.1

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Vase

Production information

Kondo Takahiro, 1958 (b.), Potter
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan, East Asia

Date

2001

Materials

Porcelain, Silver, Gold, Platinum

Physical description

Porcelain; green flashes on a background glaze of a mist of silver, gold and platinum globules on a dark blue glaze

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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