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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Jar

1750-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This jar has been inlaid with white slip in a style reminiscent of Korean ceramics, the combination of white inlay under a grey-green glaze being reminiscent in particular of Korean celadon ceramics of the Koryo period (918–1392). The jar was made at the Yatsushiro kilns situated in Kumamoto Prefecture on the western island of Kyushu. This area has a long history of contact with the Korean peninsular. During Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597, large numbers of Korean potters were brought to Kyushu, where they helped to develop the local ceramic industry.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, inlaid and glazed
Brief description
Jar, stoneware with clear glaze over incised and slip-filled decoration, Japan, Yatsushiro ware, 1750-1850
Physical description
Tall, broad jar with straight sides extending out from base, curved shoulder and short cylindrical neck. Outer surface decorated all over with short vertical wavy lines of inlaid creamy-white slip. Greenish-grey clear glaze. Maker's mark incised on base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.0cm
  • Shoulder diameter: 33.0cm
Style
Gallery label
JAR Stoneware with impressed slip-filled decoration under clear glaze Maker's mark incised on base Yatsushiro ware JAPANESE; c.1750-1850 302-1877(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.
Association
Summary
This jar has been inlaid with white slip in a style reminiscent of Korean ceramics, the combination of white inlay under a grey-green glaze being reminiscent in particular of Korean celadon ceramics of the Koryo period (918–1392). The jar was made at the Yatsushiro kilns situated in Kumamoto Prefecture on the western island of Kyushu. This area has a long history of contact with the Korean peninsular. During Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597, large numbers of Korean potters were brought to Kyushu, where they helped to develop the local ceramic industry.
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 144
Collection
Accession number
302-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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