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On display at V&A South Kensington
Japan, Room 45, The Toshiba Gallery

Dish

1600-1630 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Arrow-shaped dish (mukozuke) with tripod feet, stoneware with clear and green glazes over underglaze iron decoration, from the Mino kilns, of Oribe type. The curvature of the walls is irregular, the base flat with a raised rib running down the centre, and the dish stands on three small feet formed by loops of clay sprigged onto the body. Impressions made by a woven textile are seen beneath the areas of green glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with transparent and green glazes
Brief description
Arrow-shaped dish with tripod feet, buff stoneware with clear and green glazes, Japanese (Mino ware), 1600-1630
Physical description
Arrow-shaped dish (mukozuke) with tripod feet, stoneware with clear and green glazes over underglaze iron decoration, from the Mino kilns, of Oribe type. The curvature of the walls is irregular, the base flat with a raised rib running down the centre, and the dish stands on three small feet formed by loops of clay sprigged onto the body. Impressions made by a woven textile are seen beneath the areas of green glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.8cm
  • Width: 14.5cm
  • Depth: 11.5cm
Styles
Gallery label
  • Arrow-shaped dish Stoneware with clear and green glazes over underglaze iron decoration Mino kilns (Oribe type) About 1600-1630(1986)
  • Food vessel (mukōzuke) in the shape of an arrow Mino kilns (Oribe type) Stoneware with green and clear glazes over painting in iron brown 1600-1630 V&A FE.73-1982 (December 2014)
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
FE.73-1982

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Record createdNovember 15, 2002
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