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

Figure

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

Figure group of Fukurokuju (God of Longevity) and an attendant, earthenware, moulded and painted in colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, moulded, painted
Brief description
Figure group of Fukurokuju (God of Longevity) and an attendant, painted earthenware; Japan, Fushimi, Edo period, ca. 1800-1850
Physical description
Figure group of Fukurokuju (God of Longevity) and an attendant, earthenware, moulded and painted in colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Spurious maker's mark and date on back
Gallery label
FIGURE OF FUKUROKUJU, THE GOD OF LONGEVITY, AND AN ATTENDANT Painted earthenware Spurious maker's mark and date on back Fushimi ware JAPANESE; c.1800-1850 258-1877(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.
Production
Made at Fushimi, in imitation of the figures produced by Koyemon about the year 1620.
Subjects 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 100
Collection
Accession number
258-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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