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

Dish

ca. 1830-1850 (made)
Place of origin

Dish of stoneware, painted in blue, green, purple and yellow with gourds on a ground of pine-needles. Under the rim, a design in black on green. Base yellow with the mark in a green square.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with decoration in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with decoration in overglaze enamels; made at Yoshidaya kiln, Kutani, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1830-1850
Physical description
Dish of stoneware, painted in blue, green, purple and yellow with gourds on a ground of pine-needles. Under the rim, a design in black on green. Base yellow with the mark in a green square.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 36.9cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Fuku' (Mark in black under green enamel on the base)
Translation
happiness
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Claude Philips
Production
Made at Yoshidaya kiln, Kutani
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 254.
Collection
Accession number
C.1484-1924

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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