Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2006.146 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) |
Title |
Large Decorated Mat or Double Vellum Vase with Hand Painted Dogwood Blossoms |
Date |
1944 |
Decorator |
Kataro Shirayamadani (1865-1948) |
Cipher |
An incised "KS" for Kataro Shirayamadani appears on the vessel's underside. |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark with the conjoined "RP" flame logo with 14 flames / Roman numerals XLIV, designating that this piece was made in 1944 / shape number S2136, with the S denoting that this piece was most likey made for a special exhibition. |
Description |
An example of the Rookwood Pottery Company's (1880-1967) late Decorated Mat / Double Vellum line, this vase, shape number S2136, features beautifully slip-decorated dogwood blossoms on porcelain body painted by Kataro Shirayamadani (1865-1948). The "S" preceding the shape number likley indicates that this piece was created from a sketch with a corresponding number and / or was made for a special exhibition. |
Medium |
Porcelain, Underglaze, Slip, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Underglaze Slip Painted, Glazed |
Height (in) |
13.500 |
Diameter (in) |
9.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Deco |
Place of Origin |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Shirayamadani, Kataro Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art Pottery Art Deco Blossoms Blue Cincinnati, Ohio Decorated Mat Dogwoods Double Vellum Flowers Footed Vessels Hand Decorated Matte Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pink Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) Sprayed with an Atomizer Underglaze Slip Painted Vases White |
Location |
On view in the American Art Pottery Gallery, 1st Floor |