Japanese Satsuma pottery in the Hermitage
 

Interesting information from the site ARTinvestment.RU - 11.10.2009.
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At the State Hermitage Museum opened the exhibition "Japanese Satsuma pottery in the Hermitage.
Elegant, with bright murals and gold products, made of light weight ceramic, glazed with fine cracks, enjoyed great popularity in Europe in the late XIX - early XX century. This led to the emergence in Japan of objects in Satsuma style, created in other ceramic centers and intended for export to Europe. Exposition dedicated to the province of Satsuma pottery, held in Russia for the first time.

The Hermitage collection allows us to trace the various stages in the development of ceramics and Satsuma satsumskogo style from the XVIII century and the first third of XX century, demonstrates the diversity of artistic and technical methods used in the ornamentation of products. Despite the fact that the collection is small, it is representative enough and, along with a collection of the Museum of the East (Moscow) is the largest in Russia.
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