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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Royal White Custom Set

Dessert Bowl
about 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set'. Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in engraved radiating frosted pattern.

Box: Cardboard box.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRoyal White Custom Set (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with engraved decoration under clear glaze
Brief description
Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'Royal White Custom Set', glazed porcelain; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description
Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set'. Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in engraved radiating frosted pattern.

Box: Cardboard box.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.9cm
  • Width: 12.0cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Greenish u'glaze mark, DESIGN.MORI MASAHIRO [Kanji 'Haku'] HAKUSAN JAPAN CBS/SONY FAMILY CLUB INC.
Gallery label
Two bowls Porcelain with clear glaze Designed by Mori Masahiro Manufactured by the Hakusan Ceramic Company, Nagasaki Prefecture JAPANESE; c.1979 FE.111m &n-1981(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Object history
Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set', FE.107 to F-1981.
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory.

Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See also FE.109,110-1981.
Bibliographic references
  • Japan Style, London: V&A, handlist E1. Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See also FE.109,110-1981.
  • Japan Design Committee, Tokyo, c. 1979
  • How to Pour. Contemporary vessels, National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, 1982), unpaginated commentaries and biographies.
Collection
Accession number
FE.111N-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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