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

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Fresh-Water Jar

1600-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fresh-water jar, stoneware with greenish brown glaze, Tamba ware, Japanese, 1600-1700


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jar
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware; distorting of form; vertical incising
Brief description
Fresh-water jar, stoneware with greenish brown glaze, Tamba ware, Japanese, 1600-1700
Dimensions
  • Height: 152mm
Styles
Gallery label
Fresh-Water Jar Stoneware with greenish brown glaze over incised vertical lines Tamba kilns About 1600-1650 208-1877(1986)
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.
Association
Bibliographic references
  • Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number: 49
  • Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 227.
  • Earle, J. ed. Japanese art and design London: V&A Publishing, 2009, p. 47
Collection
Accession number
208-1877

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Record createdNovember 20, 2002
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