Bronze flower arranging container with decorative patterns.

Collection type: Object
Description: Bronze flower arranging container with decorative patterns.
Long description: Square bronze flower arranging container with four straight sides and a square rim and base. Two handles of creature heads are present on two parallel sides. All four sides are decorated with an incised wave pattern and the two parallel sides without handles each have three plovers (Japanese sea birds). The interior is plain and the base of the container has an incised pattern of waving lines and a raised rectangle bearing Japanese characters which partially translate to 'made by'. The container is supported by four small decorative feet.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: PRM source Sylvia Platt
Date / Period: Date made: 20th century, uncertain
Date collected: 1930 - 1940
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 12 November 2024
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Process Cast, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length x Width x Height 70 x 140 x 140 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2024.22.26.1 Other numbers: 26
Research and responses: In conversation with Dr Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art at the Ashmolean Museum, 03/2025: The mark of Japanese characters on the base of the container partially translates to 'made by'.

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