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Catalog Number

CAS 2019-0004-0024   CAS 2019-0004-0024; Vase
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Vase
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
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Collection Name N/A
Materials Clay; Paint
Description Small, squat, white ceramic vase with steep shoulders and narrow, vertical neck; Decorated with a floral motif above the mid-level shoulder; Two kanji on bottom read 漢陽 (kanyou in Japanese and hanyang in traditional Chinese: the western area of Wuhan City, China). *Non-Roman alphabet characters are not legible in the online listing. Japanese characters, such as those included here, appear as a series of question marks. Other scripts, such as Greek letters, may appear as Roman letters but be inaccurately transcribed.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.3, Rim Diam = 1.5, Max Diam = 9.4