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

Teapot

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

Teapot with lid, stoneware with impressed slip-filled decoration of flying storks and mottled greyish green glaze. A seal mark impressed on the base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Lid
  • Teapot
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with impressed slip-filled decoration and mottled greyish green glaze
Brief description
Teapot with lid, stoneware with impressed slip-filled decoration and mottled greyish green glaze; Japan, Satsuma, Edo period, ca. 1800-1850
Physical description
Teapot with lid, stoneware with impressed slip-filled decoration of flying storks and mottled greyish green glaze. A seal mark impressed on the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Styles
Gallery label
TEAPOT Stoneware with impressed slip-filled decoration and mottled greyish green glaze Mark impressed on base Satsuma ware JAPANESE; c.1800-1850 297-1877(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 139
Collection
Accession number
297BODY&LID-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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