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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Stand

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stand of earthenware with crackled glaze, painted with fruits and flowers in overglaze enamels and gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with crackled glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Stand, earthenware with crackled glaze and overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period, ca. 1875
Physical description
Stand of earthenware with crackled glaze, painted with fruits and flowers in overglaze enamels and gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.7cm
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Nihon Kyoto Kinkozan tsukuru' on foot rim in red
Gallery label
TAZZA Earthenware with crackled glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt Mark Nihon Kyoto Kinkozan tsukuru on foot rim in red Kyoto, Kinkozan workshop JAPANESE; c.1875 266-1877(As at 2005)
Object history
Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 108
Collection
Accession number
266-1877

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Record createdNovember 18, 2005
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