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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Flask

about 1979 (made), ?1975 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Hakusan Porcelain Company (manufacturer)
Mori, Masahiro (designer)
Place of origin
Nagasaki (made)

Cuboid vessel with upright, domed lid, and short spout attached to one corner; diagonally striped patterning in blue and white; with non-accessioned cardboard box.


Object details

Categories
Porcelain
Ceramics
Object type
Flask
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Flask
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue
Porcelain
Glazed
Blue and White
Brief description
Flask for soy sauce with lid, from a condiment set, porcelain decorated in underglaze blue; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description
Cuboid vessel with upright, domed lid, and short spout attached to one corner; diagonally striped patterning in blue and white; with non-accessioned cardboard box.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 6.9cm
  • Height: 5.9cm
  • Width: 6.9cm
Styles
Showa
Blue and White (Asia)
Marks and inscriptions
Mark in underglaze blue 'Hakusan porcelain'.
Gallery label
Condiment set Flask for soya sauce, salt cellar, pepper pot and wood stand Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue Designed by Mori Masahiro Manufactured by the Hakusan Ceramic Company, Nagasaki Prefecture JAPANESE; c.1979 FE.104 to d-1981(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Object history
Part of a condiment set (FE.104 to D-1981), consists of a flask for soya sauce, a salt cellar, a pepper pot and a wood stand.
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory.
Subject depicted
Stripes
Bibliographic references
  • Japan Style handlist E6. FE.74-1981, an identical set but without underglaze decoration.
  • Japan Design Committee, Tokyo, c. 1979
  • How to Pour. Contemporary vessels, National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, 1982), unpaginated commentaries and biographies.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.104A-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
Record URL
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