Bowl
ca. 1979 (made)
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Soup Bowls. 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.
Object details
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| 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, for soup, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set' |
| Physical description | Soup Bowls. 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. |
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| 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. |
| Production | Artist: Mori Masahiro (1927- ), designer. Biographical reference: 'Japan Design Committee' (Tokyo, c.1979), FED Box 2.3A. L.8.: 'How to Pour. Contemporary vessels', National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, 1982), unpaginated commentaries and biographies, NAl E.J.T. Nagasaki Factory: Hakusan Toki Ltd. |
| Bibliographic reference | Japan Style, Tokyo : Kodansha International in collaboration with the Japan Foundation and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980.
E.1
Japan Style handlist E1.
Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See also FE.109,110-1981. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.111F-1981 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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