Rice Bowl

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

Rice Bowl. In Japanese style (in contrast to the other pieces in the 'Royal White Custom Set'. Decorated with a radiating frosted pattern on the outside. 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.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Rice bowl
Materials and techniques	Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in underglaze engraved pattern.
Brief description	Bowl for rice, from a dinner service, 'royal white custom set'. Japan, MODERN CRAFTS, PRODUCTION, CERAMICS
Physical description	Rice Bowl. In Japanese style (in contrast to the other pieces in the 'Royal White Custom Set'. Decorated with a radiating frosted pattern on the outside. 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.
Dimensions	Height: 5.3cm Diameter: 11.7cm
Style	Showa
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 reference	Japan Style handlist E1. Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See also FE.109,110-1981.
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	FE.111U-1981

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Record created	February 12, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O24233/rice-bowl-mori-masahiro/

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