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1910

  • Work on this object ended.

1985

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for a Ewer

This is a Drawing. It was made for Noritake. It is dated 1880–1910 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is brush and watercolor, white, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Roger Selchow.

Its dimensions are

28.7 x 15.5 cm (11 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.7 x 45.3 cm (14 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in blue inks, left margin: EA / 546; lower left: 55

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper margin: #55 / 128 [Japanese letters]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Ewer; Made for Noritake; Japan; brush and watercolor, white, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper; 28.7 x 15.5 cm (11 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.7 x 45.3 cm (14 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.); 1985-14-38

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