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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup

about 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup, cylindrical, clear-glazed. Applied 'P' shape handle, blue-glazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with celar and blue glazes
Brief description
Cup, from a coffee set, porcelain with clear and blue glazes; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description
Coffee cup, cylindrical, clear-glazed. Applied 'P' shape handle, blue-glazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.3cm
  • Diameter: 6.9cm
Style
Gallery label
Coffee pot and cup Porcelain with clear and blue glazes Designed by Mori Masahiro Manufactured by the Hakusan Ceramic Company, Nagasaki Prefecture JAPANESE; c.1979 FE.108 to b-1981(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Object history
Part of a coffee set with a coffee pot and five cups and saucers, FE.108 to N-1981.
Bibliographic reference
Japan Style handlist E2.
Collection
Accession number
FE.108B-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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