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Teacup

about 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup, cylindrical. Clear glaze within, sides decorated with vertical lines in underglaze blue. Base decorated with radiating lines in underglaze blue, the centre is an underglaze blue mark. Footring (at edge) unglazed.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Brief description
Teacup, from a tea set of a teapot with five cups with wooden saucers, porcelain decorated in underglaze blue; designed by Mori Masahiro, manufactured by Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1979
Physical description
Teacup, cylindrical. Clear glaze within, sides decorated with vertical lines in underglaze blue. Base decorated with radiating lines in underglaze blue, the centre is an underglaze blue mark. Footring (at edge) unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.8cm
  • Diameter: 7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Mark in underglaze blue 'HAKUSAN HASAMI NAGASAKI JAPAN' round impressed character 'Haku'
Gallery label
(04/11/2015)
‘Blue Stripe Tea Set’
Designed 1976
Designed by Mori Masahiro (1927–2005)
Manufactured by the Hakusan Porcelain Company, Nagasaki prefecture
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Museum nos. FE.106 to C-1981
(as at 2005)
Teapot and two cups
Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue
Designed by Mori Masahiro
Manufactured by the Hakusan Ceramic Company, Nagasaki Prefecture
JAPANESE; c.1979
FE.106 to c-1981
Credit line
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory
Object history
Part of a tea set with a teapot and five cups with wooden saucers, FE.106 to K-1981.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Japan style.
Collection
Accession number
FE.106C-1981

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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