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

Dish

about 1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, shallow form with rounded and slightly rolled rim. Heavily thrown with central well; flat base defined by circular ridge in glaze. White (?) clay covered in heavily iron-bearing slip which is bleeding of iron slip into both clear and opaque white glazes; marked pin holing of opaque white glaze. Five spur marks on base.

Box: Wooden box.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with clear and opaque white glazes over underglaze iron slip
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with clear and opaque white glazes over underglaze iron slip; made by Suzuki Osamu (Kura), Japan (Tajimi), about 1983
Physical description
Dish, shallow form with rounded and slightly rolled rim. Heavily thrown with central well; flat base defined by circular ridge in glaze. White (?) clay covered in heavily iron-bearing slip which is bleeding of iron slip into both clear and opaque white glazes; marked pin holing of opaque white glaze. Five spur marks on base.

Box: Wooden box.
Dimensions
  • Width: 35.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Maker's mark 'Kura' in white on base.
Object history
Purchased for the Museum with funds supplied by Madame Tomo Kikuchi, whose collection was shown as 'Japanese Ceramics Today', V&A, 1983.
Production
Artist: Suzuki Osamu [Kura] (1934- )
Biographical reference: 'Japanese Ceramics Today', (V&A, 1983) p.129.
Mino, JAPAN
Collection
Accession number
FE.16-1984

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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