Salt Cellar
about 1979 (made)
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Oblong cuboid form with one corner cut at an angle and pierced with a small hole; diagonally striped patterning in blue and white; with non-accessioned cardboard box
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; plastic plug |
| Brief description | Salt cellar, 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 | Oblong cuboid form with one corner cut at an angle and pierced with a small hole; diagonally striped patterning in blue and white; with non-accessioned cardboard box |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | FE.104C-1981 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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