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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Vase with Swimming Fish and Rippling Seaweed Design
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Vase with Swimming Fish and Rippling Seaweed Design

Artist Tamura Taiji (Japanese)
Datec. 1930-1940
Made/manufacturedJapan
MediumIron, bronze, silver, gold
Dimensions6 x 9 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (15.2 x 24.8 x 10.5 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Fund for Asian Art
Object number2013.42.1
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DescriptionVase in a rectangular form ornamented with designs of swimming fish and rippling seaweeds on the front and back. Of assembled iron and bronze plates, the seaweed of hakudö or white bronze, the fish decorated in nunome technique inlaid silver and gold.
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