On display

Pepper Pot

about 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oblong cuboid form with one corner cut at an angle and pierced with three small holes; diagonally striped patterning in blue and white; with non-accessioned cardboard box

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; plastic plug
Brief description
Pepper pot, from a condiment set, porcelain decorated in underglaze blue; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description
Oblong cuboid form with one corner cut at an angle and pierced with three small holes; diagonally striped patterning in blue and white; with non-accessioned cardboard box
Dimensions
  • Depth: 3.4cm
  • Height: 5.9cm
  • Width: 6.9cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Mark in underglaze blue 'Hakusan porcelain'.
Gallery label
(as at 2005)
Condiment set
Flask for soya sauce, salt cellar, pepper pot and wood stand
Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue
Designed by Mori Masahiro
Manufactured by the Hakusan Ceramic Company, Nagasaki Prefecture
JAPANESE; c.1979
FE.104 to d-1981
Credit line
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Object history
Part of a condiment set (FE.104 to D-1981), consists of a flask for soya sauce, a salt cellar, a pepper pot and a wood stand.
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Japan Style handlist E6. FE.74-1981, an identical set but without underglaze decoration.
  • Japan Design Committee, Tokyo, c. 1979
  • How to Pour. Contemporary vessels, National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, 1982), unpaginated commentaries and biographies.
Collection
Accession number
FE.104B-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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