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

Food Container

1580-1610 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Food container (mukozuke). Four-sided, painted with bamboo and trellis in underglaze iron brown. Shino type.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron
Brief description
Food container (mukozuke), stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron; Japan, Mino kilns (Shino type), Momoyama period, 1580-1610
Physical description
Food container (mukozuke). Four-sided, painted with bamboo and trellis in underglaze iron brown. Shino type.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
Style
Object history
From sale of the Charles Holme collection of Japanese pottery, 24 Sept., 1923, Lot 109.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 234.
Collection
Accession number
C.634-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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