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    The Kakiemon elephants are a pair of 17th century Japanese porcelain figures of elephants in the British Museum. They were made by one of the Kakiemon potteries...
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    century. Statuettes were also created, an example being the Kakiemon elephants (British Museum). Meissen copies could be extremely close to the originals;...
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    paired with another in the Rietberg Museum, Zürich, Beijing, China, (1426–35 AD) Pair of ceramic Kakiemon elephants from Japan, (17th century AD) Moon...
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  • joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum, concerning the Kakiemon elephants held by the museum. Kakiemon died on June 15, 2013, at the age of...
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    Harry Garner (category People associated with the British Museum)
    these made substantial donations to the British Museum. Amongst Garner's collection were the Kakiemon elephants. Harry Garner was appointed CB in the King's...
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    ceremony wares. British Museum, Japanese section – Samurai armour British Museum, Japanese section – Boddhisattva British Museum Kakiemon elephants The Korea...
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  • Museum is a British television documentary series, produced by BBC Wales. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the British Museum, narrated by Ian McMillan...
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    Double-headed serpent (category Artefacts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas in the British Museum)
    turquoise, spiny oyster shell and conch shell. The sculpture is at the British Museum. Ancient Aztecs have also termed this creature as 'Mansee' which translates...
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    Dürer's Rhinoceros (category Prints and drawings in the British Museum)
    Lisbon, separate from his elephants and other large beasts at the Estaus Palace. Manuel arranged a fight with a young elephant from his collection, to test...
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    Farnese Diadumenos (category Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the British Museum)
    in the Farnese collection, it is now in the British Museum. Vaison Diadumenos, also in the British Museum Accession number GR 1864.10-21.4 (Cat. Sculptures...
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    Japonisme (section Museums)
    evolved into a distinct Japanese industry with styles such as Imari ware and Kakiemon. They would later influence European and Chinese potters. The exporting...
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    David Vases (category Asian objects in the British Museum)
    the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, now on display in the British Museum. The vases are Jingdezhen porcelain, commissioned by someone named Zhang...
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    polychrome styles of porcelain, such as the "Famille rose" types. The Japanese Kakiemon style of Arita porcelain, Japan, known as "Fleurs indiennes" ("Flowers...
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    A History of the World in 100 Objects (category British Museum in media)
    project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum, consisting of a 100-part radio series written and presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. In...
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    Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (category Ancient Egyptian objects in the British Museum)
    Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also designated as papyrus British Museum 10057, pBM 10058, and Brooklyn Museum 37.1784Ea-b) is one of the best known examples of...
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    with the intention of supplying reproductions of ceramics on display in museums and private collections. The factory was moved to Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis...
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    export to Europe. Birds and animals, including cows, cranes, dogs, eagles, elephants, pheasants, monkeys and puppies, were popular. From around 1720, the new...
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    litron et soucoupe in The Fitzwilliam Museum Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Jardinière in The British Museum Battie, David, ed., Sotheby's Concise...
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    globular form with three feet, made in pottery, Imari porcelain, Kutani ware, Kakiemon, Satsuma, enamel or bronze. In Japan a similar censer called a egōro (柄香炉)...
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    Blau Monuments (category Middle Eastern sculptures in the British Museum)
    Monuments are a pair of inscribed stone objects from Mesopotamia now in the British Museum. They are commonly thought to be a form of ancient kudurru (boundary...
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    have left interesting objects like Roman soldier, Arabian, anteater and elephants. Because those animals don't live in Korea, we can assume they travelled...
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