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

Sword Rack

ca. 1807-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sword rack of blue and white porcelain, decorated with birds and flowering trees in relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with moulded relief design and decoration in underglaze blue
Brief description
Sword rack, porcelain with moulded relief design and decoration in underglaze blue; Japan, Seto/Mino, Edo period, ca. 1807-50
Physical description
Sword rack of blue and white porcelain, decorated with birds and flowering trees in relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.3cm
  • Length: 47cm
Style
Gallery label
SWORD RACK Porcelain with moulded relief design and decoration in underglaze cobalt blue Seto ware JAPANESE; c.1807-1850 171-1877(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.
Subjects 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 12
Collection
Accession number
171-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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