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

Ewer

1590-1610 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ewer with lid, stoneware with clear white glaze over floral decoration in underglaze iron, Mino ware (Decorated Shino type). It has tripod feet, and arched handle and spout, flat cover with looped handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Ewer
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with clear white glaze over decoration in underglaze iron
Brief description
Ewer with tripod feet of stoneware with white glaze and floral decoration, Japanese (Mino ware), 1590-1610
Physical description
Ewer with lid, stoneware with clear white glaze over floral decoration in underglaze iron, Mino ware (Decorated Shino type). It has tripod feet, and arched handle and spout, flat cover with looped handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
Styles
Gallery label
  • Ewer with Tripod Feet Stoneware with clear white glaze over floral decoration in underglaze iron Mino kilns (Decorated Shino type) About 1585-1600(1986)
  • Ewer Mino kilns (Shino type) Stoneware with semi-transparent glaze over painting in iron brown 1590-1610 V&A C.648-1923 (December 2014)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Earle, Joe, ed. Japanese art and design London: V&A Publishing, 2009, fig. 18 (right)
Collection
Accession number
C.648-1923

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Record createdNovember 15, 2002
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