Vase with Dragon Ornament
Date1893
Artist
Edwin Bruce Martin
(British potter, 1860–1915)
MediumIncised and painted salt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions9 × 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (22.9 × 16.2 × 16.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1982
Object number1982-67
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ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextThis vase shows the importance of Japanese design during the Aesthetic period. The Japanese Court at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, followed by a Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (or World’s Fair) of 1867 held in Paris, set off a craze for Japanese art. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and James McNeil Whistler were both ardent collectors.
