Kakiemon Elephants
柿右衛門様式 色絵象置物
Pair of porcelain figures — Edo period
Kakiemon Elephants
柿右衛門様式 色絵象置物
- Type
- Pair of porcelain figures
- Period and date
- Edo period, c. 1660–1690
- Material
- Porcelain with overglaze enamels
- Collection:
- British Museum
03 — Overview
A pair of 17th-century porcelain elephants made at one of the Kakiemon kilns near Arita and exported by the Dutch East India Company. Thought to date between 1660 and 1690; now in the British Museum.
04 — Object data
- Type
- Pair of porcelain figures
- Category
- Ceramics
- Ware
- Kakiemon style (Arita)
- Period
- Edo period
- Date
- c. 1660–1690
- Place of origin
- Near Arita, Saga Prefecture — Saga
- Material
- Porcelain with overglaze enamels
- Collection
- British Museum ↗
10 — Gallery
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14 — Sources & references
- [1]Wikidata Q6349438
Wikidata · Database · Supports: Name, Date, Maker, Collection · Accessed 2026-09-25
- [2]Kakiemon elephants (British Museum)
Wikipedia (English) · Encyclopedia · Supports: Description · Accessed 2026-09-25
- [3]File:British Museum Kakiemon elephants.jpg
Wikimedia Commons · Image host
- [4]File:Kakiemon elelphant.jpg
Wikimedia Commons · Image host
- [5]File:Kakiemon elephants (1650–1699), British Museum.jpg
Wikimedia Commons · Image host
- [6]File:Kakiemon elephants BM JA 1980.3-25.1-2 (retouched).jpg
Wikimedia Commons · Image host
15 — Image credits
British Museum Kakiemon elephants
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons — File:British Museum Kakiemon elephants.jpg ↗
- Credit
- BabelStone (Own work)
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 ↗
Kakiemon elelphant
- Creator / Photographer
- Rex Harris
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons — File:Kakiemon elelphant.jpg ↗
- Credit
- British Museum, London
- Licence
- CC BY 2.0 ↗
Kakiemon elephants.
- Creator / Photographer
- Unknown authorUnknown author.
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons — File:Kakiemon elephants (1650–1699), British Museum.jpg ↗
- Credit
- Photographed by Simonxag (Simon Speed) on 22 August 2009, 16:13.
- Licence
- Public domain
Kakiemon elephants BM JA 1980.3-25.1-2 (retouched)
- Creator / Photographer
- Marie-Lan Nguyen
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons — File:Kakiemon elephants BM JA 1980.3-25.1-2 (retouched).jpg ↗
- Credit
- Own work
- Licence
- CC BY 2.5 ↗