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

Bowl

ca. 1750-1850 (made)
Place of origin

Bowl of stoneware with clear glaze, painted with snow-covered pines in underglaze iron, white slip, green enamel and gilt.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware painted in underglaze iron, white slip, green enamel and gilt
Brief description
Bowl, stoneware painted in underglaze iron, white slip, green enamel and gilt; Kyoto, style of Kenzan; Japanese, Edo period, ca. 1750-1850
Physical description
Bowl of stoneware with clear glaze, painted with snow-covered pines in underglaze iron, white slip, green enamel and gilt.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Kenzan' in underglaze iron on base
Gallery label
BOWL Earthenware with clear glaze and decoration in underglaze iron, white slip, green enamel and gilt Mark Kenzan in underglaze iron on base Kyoto, style of Kenzan JAPANESE; c.1750-1850 270-1877(As at 2005)
Object history
Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Style of Kenzan
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 112
Collection
Accession number
270-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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