Teacup
about 1979 (made)
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Teacup, cylindrical. Clear glaze within, sides decorated with vertical lines in underglaze blue. Base decorated with radiating lines in underglaze blue, the centre is an underglaze blue mark. Footring (at edge) unglazed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration |
| Brief description | Teacup, from a tea set of a teapot with five cups with wooden saucers, porcelain decorated in underglaze blue; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979 |
| Physical description | Teacup, cylindrical. Clear glaze within, sides decorated with vertical lines in underglaze blue. Base decorated with radiating lines in underglaze blue, the centre is an underglaze blue mark. Footring (at edge) unglazed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mark in underglaze blue 'HAKUSAN HASAMI NAGASAKI JAPAN' round impressed character 'Haku' |
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| Credit line | Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory |
| Object history | Part of a tea set with a teapot and five cups with wooden saucers, FE.106 to K-1981. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Japan Style. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.106B-1981 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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