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

Dish

1800-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of moulded stoneware with one half partially covered in iron-bearing slip, with vertical lines painted in underglaze iron brown, and with a covering of clear glaze; the other half covered with green copper glaze. Narumi Oribe type.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware with iron slip and painting in underglaze iron
Brief description
Dish, painted and slip decorated moulded stoneware with clear and green copper glazes; Japan, Seto/Mino, Edo period, ca. 1800-1850
Physical description
Dish of moulded stoneware with one half partially covered in iron-bearing slip, with vertical lines painted in underglaze iron brown, and with a covering of clear glaze; the other half covered with green copper glaze. Narumi Oribe type.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.1cm
  • Length: 11.7cm
  • Width: 10.2cm
Style
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
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 21
Collection
Accession number
180A-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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