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

Bottle

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of stoneware, covered with a dark lavender-grey crackled glaze. Bulbous with sloping shoulders narrow neck and slightly projecting ringed lip.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Bottle, stoneware with a dark lavender-grey crackled glaze; Japan, Karatsu kilns, 17th century
Physical description
Bottle of stoneware, covered with a dark lavender-grey crackled glaze. Bulbous with sloping shoulders narrow neck and slightly projecting ringed lip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 14.9cm
Styles
Gallery label
Bottle Reddish stoneware with semi-opaque glaze JAPANESE (probably KYUSHU); 17th century Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall through the National Art-Collections Fund C.662-1920(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund
Collection
Accession number
C.662-1920

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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