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

Tea Cup

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of porcelain with clear glaze, decorated in overglaze red and gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze red enamel and gilt
Brief description
Tea cup, porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze red enamel and gilt; Japan, Hirado kilns, Meiji period, ca. 1875
Physical description
Tea cup of porcelain with clear glaze, decorated in overglaze red and gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Mikawachi Shinriki tsukuru' in overglaze red on base
Object history
Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Association
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 204
Collection
Accession number
362-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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