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

Bowl

ca. 1700-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl with rounded, rising sides moulded in sixteen lobes, and foliate rim; narrow foot, and glazed base. Painted in a palette of both leaf-green and viridian, with dark and pale red, yellow, greyish aubergine and black, and gilt. Encircling the outside is a design of fence, trellis and vine; and on the inside are five scattered chrysanthemum blossoms both moulded and coloured variously in gold, yellow, green and pale yellow, with another outlined in red only in the centre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Arita kilns, Edo period, ca. 1700-1725
Physical description
Bowl with rounded, rising sides moulded in sixteen lobes, and foliate rim; narrow foot, and glazed base. Painted in a palette of both leaf-green and viridian, with dark and pale red, yellow, greyish aubergine and black, and gilt. Encircling the outside is a design of fence, trellis and vine; and on the inside are five scattered chrysanthemum blossoms both moulded and coloured variously in gold, yellow, green and pale yellow, with another outlined in red only in the centre.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
  • Height: 6.3cm
Styles
Gallery label
Bowl Porcelain decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt Arita ware JAPANESE; c.1700-1725 FE.71-1970 Given by Miss E. Humphreys-Owen(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by Miss E. Humphreys-Owen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
FE.71-1970

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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