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

Jar

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

Fresh water jar of flattened spherical form, brown stoneware, incised with floral and other designs filled in with white slip under a clear glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised decoration filled with white slip under the glaze
Brief description
Fresh water jar, stoneware with incised decoration filled with white slip under a clear glaze; Japan, Karatsu ware, Edo period, ca. 1800-1850
Physical description
Fresh water jar of flattened spherical form, brown stoneware, incised with floral and other designs filled in with white slip under a clear glaze.
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Shichiju sai Niraku saku' incised on base
Gallery label
FRESH WATER JAR Stoneware with incised decoration filled with white slip under a clear glaze Mark Shichiju sai Niraku saku incised on base Karatsu ware JAPANESE; c.1800-1850 168-1877(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.
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 9
Collection
Accession number
168-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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