Dish
about 1930 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Tomimoto Kenkichi learned ceramics alongside Bernard Leach in Japan. The two jointly inherited the title Kenzan VII in 1913.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with clear glaze over painting in underglaze iron brown |
| Brief description | Dish, stoneware with painted designs in brown under a grey glaze; made by Tomimoto Kenkichi, Japan (Tokyo), about 1930 |
| Physical description | Round dish with broad flat interior and low rounded sides; sketchily painted in underglaze brown with a design of a dragonfly |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signature painted in brown under the base |
| Gallery label | Dish
Stoneware with painted designs in brown under a grey glaze Unidentifiable mark in brown
By Tomimoto Kenkichi
JAPANESE (TOKYO); c.1935
Given by the Contemporary Art Society
C.211-1939(as at 2005) |
| Credit line | Given by the Contemporary Art Society through Ernest Marsh |
| Production | Artist: Tomimoto Kenkichi [Kenzan VII] (1886 - 1963) Biographical reference: Hamada Shoji 'Gendai no togei' Vol 17 (1977), p.104 (NAL JK 17) Tokyo, Tamagawa |
| Summary | Tomimoto Kenkichi learned ceramics alongside Bernard Leach in Japan. The two jointly inherited the title Kenzan VII in 1913. |
| Bibliographic reference | Contemporary Arts Society catalogue no. 70
See biogref |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.211-1939 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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