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

Teapot

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot with lid of porcelain, with pale green crackled glaze, painted with flowers in enamels and gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jug
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with green glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Teapot with lid, porcelain with green glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Ise province, Meiji period, ca. 1875
Physical description
Teapot with lid of porcelain, with pale green crackled glaze, painted with flowers in enamels and gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Nihon Banko Ota tsukuru' in resist panel on side
Gallery label
TEAPOT Porcelain with green glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt Mark Nihon Banko Ota tsukuru in resist panel on side Banko ware JAPANESE; c.1875 320-1877(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.
Subject 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 162
Collection
Accession number
320&LID-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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