Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Jar

ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design: Pomegranates


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, thrown, with clear glaze over white slip and decoration painted in underglaze iron brown
Brief description
Jar, stoneware with clear glaze over white slip and decoration painted in underglaze iron brown; made by Tomimoto Kenkichi, Japan (Tamagawa), ca. 1930
Physical description
Design: Pomegranates
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
  • Width: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 23.7cm
diameter = maximum diameter, i.e. at widest point
Style
Marks and inscriptions
? check for artist signature on base
Credit line
Given by the Contemporary Arts Society
Production
Artist: Tomimoto Kenkichi [Kenzan VII] (1886 - 1963)
Biographical reference: Hamada Shoji 'Gendai no togei' Vol 17 (1977), p.104 (NAL JK 17)
Bibliographic reference
See biogref
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.354-1939

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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