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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Bowl

1923 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware bowl with iron painting in a tenmoku glaze and floral decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with iron painting in a tenmoku glaze
Brief description
Bowl by Shoji Hamada, stoneware, Britain, 1923.
Physical description
Stoneware bowl with iron painting in a tenmoku glaze and floral decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Diameter: 22.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Hamada's seal and 'SI' in monogram, impressed
Credit line
Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art
Object history
Acquisition details: given by the BIIA (gift of Bernard Leach in 1927)
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
C.407-1934

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Record createdFebruary 5, 1998
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