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Box and Lid

1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tanzan Workshop (maker)
Place of origin
Kyoto (made)

Box and lid of porcelain, with clear glaze and photographic images in sepia brown, around underglaze cobalt blue background.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Containers
Object type
Box and lid
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with clear glaze and photographic images in sepia brown around underglaze cobalt blue background
Porcelain
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Box and lid, porcelain with clear glaze and photographic images in sepia around underglaze cobalt blue background; made by Tanzan workshop in Kyoto, Japan, Meiji period, 1875
Physical description
Box and lid of porcelain, with clear glaze and photographic images in sepia brown, around underglaze cobalt blue background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.4cm
  • Diameter: 14.0cm
Style
Meiji
Marks and inscriptions
'Tanzan' in underglaze blue on base
Gallery label
  • Lidded box with photographic views of Kyoto 1875 Marked ‘Tanzan’ for the Tanzan workshop Kyoto Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, transfer-printed in brown and painted in gold Museum no. 268-1877 (04/11/2015)
  • BOX Porcelain with clear glaze and photographic images in sepia brown; background decorated in underglaze cobalt blue Mark Tanzan in underglaze blue on base Kyoto, Tanzan workshop JAPANESE; c.1875 268-1877 This box, with its decoration of views in and around Kyoto, may have been made as a souvenir for westerners.(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.
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Diaper-Work
Association
Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876 (1876)
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 110
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
268&LID-1877

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Record createdNovember 18, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O118732/box-and-lid-tanzan-workshop/
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