- Museum number
- 1980,0325.1-2
- Description
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Pair of figures, model elephants. Made of nigoshide (milky white) porcelain in a mould and decorated in red, yellow, green and blue overglaze enamels.
- Production date
- 1655-1670
- Dimensions
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Height: 35 centimetres (each)
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Width: 43.50 centimetres (.1)
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Width: 42 centimetres (.2)
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Depth: 14 centimetres (each)
- Curator's comments
- Burghley House has a pair of elephant figures in Kakiemon style (CER0305), and the V&A has a single figure (FE.134-1978). Those in Burghley House are white and those in V&A are black.
One of the BM's elephants was examined by Sakaida Kakiemon XV and Prof. Ohashi Koji in December 2015. They confirmed it is an early example of overglazed enamel made in Arita and decorated in Akae-machi. (NCR, 2015)
- Location
- On display (Room 93 - Japan, Display Case 7, Section C)
- Exhibition history
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2006 Oct 13-, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
2010-2011, London, BM/BBC, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2014 23 Apr-01 Aug, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2014-2015 13 Dec-15 Mar, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2015 18 Apr–28 Jun, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2015 14 Jul–6 Sep, Kyushu National Museum, Dazaifu, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2015-2016 20 Sep-11 Jan, Kobe City Museum, Kobe, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2016 13 Feb-18 Jun, National Museum of Western Australia, Perth, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2016-2017 08 Sep-29 Jan, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2017 1 Mar-31 May, National Museum of China, Beijing, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2017 28 Jun-08 Oct, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2018 19 Apr-22 Jul, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2018 Sept-2019 Sept, BM, Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries
2019 Dec-2024 Mar, BM, Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries
2025 Apr-, BM, Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries
2019 15 May-9 Sep, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1980,0325.1-2
