Sake Cup

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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Katsuno, Hirokuni (designer)
Place of origin	Kyoto (made)

Sake up of circular section with slightly widening sides and everted lip. The base is deeply recessed. There are underglaze blue rings at the top and bottom of the side and also at the angle between the inside of the foot and the base.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Sake cup
Materials and techniques	Porcelain painted in underglaze blue Porcelain Blue and White
Brief description	Sake cup, from a set of one bottle and two cups, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; designed by Katsuno Hirokuni, Koyto, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description	Sake up of circular section with slightly widening sides and everted lip. The base is deeply recessed. There are underglaze blue rings at the top and bottom of the side and also at the angle between the inside of the foot and the base.
Dimensions	Height: 4.5cm Base diameter: 3.5cm Mouth diameter: 3.9cm
Style	Showa
Marks and inscriptions	Mark 'Hiro' in underglaze blue on the base (short for Hirokuni)
Gallery label	Sake set Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration Mark: Hiro Designed by Katsuno Hirokuni (1933-) JAPANESE (Kyoto); c.1979 FE.62 to B-1981(as at 2005)
Object history	From a sake set of one bottle and two cups, FE.61 to B-1981.
Production	Artist: Katsuno Hirokuni (1933 - ), designer. Biographical reference: See leaflet pasted in register entry for FE.61 to B-1981. Kyoto
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	FE.62B-1981

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Record created	February 12, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O23115/sake-cup-katsuno-hirokuni/

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