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Box and Lid

1905-1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box and lid in the form of a six-legged clothes chest, earthenware, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt. The box is rectangular, with six legs which taper upwards. It is painted with landscapes and animals as follows: On the top of the lid, a temple among trees in the rocky gorge of a river on which are two boats; inside the lid, a pair of mandarin ducks flying and flowering plants. Inside the box, on the bottom, a group of ducks on the shore of a lake; outside a group of deer wading in water, a group of quails, a cock and hen with chickens beside a bamboo grove, and a pair of pheasants among flowering bushes. The remaining surfaces are painted on a richly gilt figured ground with butterflies or flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with crackled cream glaze painted in overglaze enamels and gold
Brief description
Box and lid, earthenware with crackled cream glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding; made by Kinkozan workshop, Kyoto, Japan, Meiji period, 1905-1910
Physical description
Box and lid in the form of a six-legged clothes chest, earthenware, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt. The box is rectangular, with six legs which taper upwards. It is painted with landscapes and animals as follows: On the top of the lid, a temple among trees in the rocky gorge of a river on which are two boats; inside the lid, a pair of mandarin ducks flying and flowering plants. Inside the box, on the bottom, a group of ducks on the shore of a lake; outside a group of deer wading in water, a group of quails, a cock and hen with chickens beside a bamboo grove, and a pair of pheasants among flowering bushes. The remaining surfaces are painted on a richly gilt figured ground with butterflies or flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Length: 14.9cm
  • Width: 11.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'KINKOZAN TSUKURU' (Maker's mark, impressed and repeated in gold on a red panel)
Translation
Made by Kinkozan
Gallery label
  • Box in the form of a six-legged chest 1905–10 Marked ‘Made by Kinkōzan’ for the Kinkōzan workshop Kyoto Glazed earthenware painted in overglaze enamels and gold Dingwall Gift through the Art Fund Museum no. C.242-1910 (04/11/2015)
  • Box and Cover in the form of a six-legged clothes chest Earthenware with crackled cream glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilding Birds, butterflies, deer and flowers Mark made by Kinkozan on base in gilding on red enamel and also as impressed seal Kyoto, Kinkozan factory About 1900-1910 C.242-1910 Dingwall Gift(1986)
Credit line
Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Purchased by the donor at the Japan-British Exhibition for £2.;;
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose 'Some Satsuma & Satsuma-style wares in the V&A' in Orientations Vol. 17, no. 12, December 1986
Collection
Accession number
C.242&A-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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