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Plate

ca. 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dinner plate. Decorated with a radiating frosted pattern. The glaze is slightly bluish and this colour is more pronounced where the glaze accumulated in the frosted pattern, which is achieved by underglaze engraving. Two unglazed footrings. Circular, with stepped inside.

Box: Cardboard box.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in underglaze engraved pattern.
Brief description
Japan, MODERN CRAFTS, PRODUCTION, CERAMICS. Dinner plate from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set'
Physical description
Dinner plate. Decorated with a radiating frosted pattern. The glaze is slightly bluish and this colour is more pronounced where the glaze accumulated in the frosted pattern, which is achieved by underglaze engraving. Two unglazed footrings. Circular, with stepped inside.

Box: Cardboard box.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.2cm
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Greenish u'glaze mark, DESIGN.MORI MASAHIRO [Kanji 'Haku'] HAKUSAN JAPAN CBS/SONY FAMILY CLUB INC.
Object history
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory.
Bibliographic references
  • Japan Style handlist E1. Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See also FE.109,110-1981.
  • Japan Style, Tokyo : Kodansha International in collaboration with the Japan Foundation and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980. E.1
Collection
Accession number
FE.111C-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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