Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Bottle

1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Yutaka Kondo stamped the surface of this bottle before sponging textured black glaze all over it. After biscuit firing, he inlaid white slip into the stamped impressions and covered the piece with a thin glaze, creating a surface full of interest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, thrown, with textured black glaze, rouletted patterning and white slip inlay
Brief description
Bottle, stoneware with rouletted design inlaid in white over textured black glaze, Japan, Kyoto, by Kondo Yutaka, about 1983
Physical description
Bottle with rouletted design inlaid in white over textured black glaze
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Yutaka' (Maker's mark; impressed and filled with white slip on base; impressing)
Object history
Purchased for the Museum with funds supplied by Madame Tomo Kikuchi, whose collection was shown as 'Japanese Ceramics Today', V&A, 1983.
Summary
Yutaka Kondo stamped the surface of this bottle before sponging textured black glaze all over it. After biscuit firing, he inlaid white slip into the stamped impressions and covered the piece with a thin glaze, creating a surface full of interest.
Collection
Accession number
FE.17:1-1984

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Record createdMarch 1, 2000
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