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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Tea Bowl

ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware bowl with slightly flared rim and dark mottled tenmoku glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with mottled tenmoku glaze
Brief description
Tea bowl by William Staite Murray; stoneware; British; ca.1930.
Physical description
Stoneware bowl with slightly flared rim and dark mottled tenmoku glaze.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 10.80cm
  • Height: 7.70cm
Marks and inscriptions
'M' in a pentagon, impressed
Object history
Acquisition details: given by Lady Russel MBE, from the collection of the late Francis

RF number: 55/2282
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection , Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.276-1955

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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