Tea Bowl
ca. 1875 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Tea bowl, stoneware with black glaze and decoration in gilt.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with black glaze and decoration in gilt |
| Brief description | Tea bowl, stoneware with black glaze and decoration in gilt; Japan, Kyoto (Raku type), Meiji period, ca. 1875 |
| Physical description | Tea bowl, stoneware with black glaze and decoration in gilt. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Kikko' impressed on base |
| Gallery label | TEA BOWL
Stoneware with black glaze and decoration in gilt Mark Kikko impressed on base
Osaka ware (Raku type)
JAPANESE; c.1875
446-1877(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. |
| Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 98 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 446-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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