Royal White Custom Set

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On display

V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Hakusan Porcelain Company (manufacturer) Mori, Masahiro (designer)
Place of origin	Nagasaki (made)

Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set'. Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in engraved radiating frosted pattern.

Box: Cardboard box.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Dessert bowl
Title	Royal White Custom Set (series title)
Materials and techniques	Porcelain with engraved decoration under clear glaze Porcelain Engraved Glazed
Brief description	Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'Royal White Custom Set', glazed porcelain; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description	Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set'. Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in engraved radiating frosted pattern. Box: Cardboard box.
Dimensions	Height: 4.9cm Width: 12.0cm
Style	Showa
Marks and inscriptions	Greenish u'glaze mark, DESIGN.MORI MASAHIRO [Kanji 'Haku'] HAKUSAN JAPAN CBS/SONY FAMILY CLUB INC.
Gallery label	(as at 2005) Two bowls Porcelain with clear glaze Designed by Mori Masahiro Manufactured by the Hakusan Ceramic Company, Nagasaki Prefecture JAPANESE; c.1979 FE.111m &n-1981
Credit line	Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Object history	Bowl for dessert, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set', FE.107 to F-1981. Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory. Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See also FE.109,110-1981.
Bibliographic references	Japan Style, London, V&A, 1980, handlist E1. Japan Design Committee, Tokyo, c. 1979 How to Pour. Contemporary vessels, National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, 1982), unpaginated commentaries and biographies.
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	FE.111M-1981

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Record created	February 12, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O24225/royal-white-custom-set-dessert-bowl-mori-masahiro/

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