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Important Cultural Property
Lidded fahua jar depicting herons and lotuses
法花蓮鷺文有蓋壺
At a glance — Ceramic · Ming dynasty (China) · held by Kyushu National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Ceramics
- Period
- Ming dynasty (China)
- Date
- 1401–1600
- Dimensions
- Height 47.5 cm, diameter of mouth 20.0 cm, max. diameter 34.6 cm, diameter of base 21.9 cm
- Held by
- Kyushu National Museum
- Location
- Dazaifu, Fukuoka
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-173006
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Lidded fahua jar depicting herons and lotuses is a ceramic of Ming dynasty (China) (1401–1600), held by the Kyushu National Museum and designated a Important Cultural Property (重要文化財) of Japan. The facts below are transcribed from the official catalogue record; this entry carries no museum description in English.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-173006 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-173006
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Kyushu National Museum
- Photograph: Kyushu National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “Lidded fahua jar depicting herons and lotuses（法花蓮鷺文有蓋壺）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-173006. Kyushu National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/lidded-fahua-jar-depicting-herons-and-lotuses/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Ceramics
- Material: Porcelain
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- Size: Height 47.5 cm, diameter of mouth 20.0 cm, max. diameter 34.6 cm, diameter of base 21.9 cm
- 員数: 1合
- 分類: 陶磁
- 品質形状: 磁器
- 時代世紀: 中国・明時代 15～16世紀
- 法量: 口径20.0 胴径34.6 底径21.9 総高47.5
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