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

Dish

about 1930-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of shallow form rising in a continuous curve to a square, roughly finished edge.
Thrown from rough buff-coloured stoneware clay containing occasional large particles of iron oxide; slight ridge on interior below rim; turned almost flat base.
Glaze coverage complete except for fingermarks around base and on part of exterior; smooth coverage inside, crawling on exterior where the piece has been turned.
Remains of five spur marks on both base and interior.
Decoration: Reeds

[Wooden box and certifying signature of Shimizu Uichi]


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with underglaze iron decoration
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with underglaze iron decoration, made by Ishiguro Munemaro, Kyoto (Yase), Japan, about 1930-40
Physical description
Dish of shallow form rising in a continuous curve to a square, roughly finished edge.
Thrown from rough buff-coloured stoneware clay containing occasional large particles of iron oxide; slight ridge on interior below rim; turned almost flat base.
Glaze coverage complete except for fingermarks around base and on part of exterior; smooth coverage inside, crawling on exterior where the piece has been turned.
Remains of five spur marks on both base and interior.
Decoration: Reeds

[Wooden box and certifying signature of Shimizu Uichi]
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 30.0cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Nakajima Yoichi
Object history
Ishiguro Munemaro was a pioneering figure in the world of modern Japanese ceramics. Designated a Living National Treasure in 1955, he was responsible for the revival of many classical Oriental ceramic styles and techniques. This dish imitates Karatsu wares made in western Japan in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Production
Kyoto (Yase), Kyoto, JAPAN
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • See biogref; Hamada Shoji 'Gendai no togei', vol.17, p.16, vol.1 pp.86-88. vol.4, p.53 (1977) (NAL JK.17,1,4)
  • Roberts, Laurance P. A Dictionary of Japanese Artists Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1976, p. 56.
  • Yutaka Tazawa Biographical Dictionary of Japanese art, 1981, p.548 (SOAS library: FJ 470646)
Collection
Accession number
FE.105-1988

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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