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

Dish

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

Dish of brown stoneware, covered with a dark brown enamel. In the form of a basket, with a handle formed of three twigs. The effect of wicker work is obtained by incised lines.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, incised, enamelled
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with incised decoration and covered with a dark brown enamel; Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period, ca. 1875
Physical description
Dish of brown stoneware, covered with a dark brown enamel. In the form of a basket, with a handle formed of three twigs. The effect of wicker work is obtained by incised lines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Impressed cartouche with an indecipherable Japanese character
Credit line
Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
Other number
HMC.834 - H.M.C. Loan no.
Collection
Accession number
C.637-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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