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

Jar

About 1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brown stoneware jar with grey slip decoration of finger-wiped arcs under a clear glaze


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, finger-wiped slip decoration under a clear glaze
Brief description
Brown stoneware jar with grey slip decoration of finger-wiped arcs under a clear glaze, by Kawai Kanjiro, Japan, 1935
Physical description
Brown stoneware jar with grey slip decoration of finger-wiped arcs under a clear glaze
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Width: 17.1cm
Style
Gallery label
Jar Stoneware with decoration of grey finger-wiped slip under a clear glaze by Kawai Kanjiro JAPANESE; c.1935 C.32-1943 Given by the Contemporary Arts Society
Credit line
Given by the Contemporary Art Society through Ernest Marsh
Production
Biographical reference: L. P. Roberts, 'Dictionary of Japanese Artists', (New York/Tokyo, 1976), p.72: Gisela Jahn and Anette Petersen-Brandhorst, 'Erde und Feuer', Deutsches Museum (Munich, 1984), pp.213 - 215
Kyoto
Bibliographic reference
**Contemporary Arts Society catalogue no. 102 ***
Collection
Accession number
C.32-1943

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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