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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Bottle

1931 (made)
Artist/Maker

Bottle, reddish stoneware covered with a whitish glaze (slightly crackled) and painted in brown. Decoration: Leaping fish.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, white glaze with painting in brown
Physical description
Bottle, reddish stoneware covered with a whitish glaze (slightly crackled) and painted in brown. Decoration: Leaping fish.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 14.2cm
  • Height: 34.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BL' and 'SI' in monogram, impressed and 'PK', incised
Object history
Acquisition details: Beaux Arts Gallery, London

RF number: 31/5140
Production
Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection , Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
  • Exhibition of stoneware pottery and porcelain by Kenkichi Tomimoto (of Tokyo) and Bernard Leach, London : Beaux Arts Gallery, 1931 no. 128, p.7
  • Passion for Porcelain: masterpieces of ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. p.37
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.144-1931

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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