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

Bottle

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of grey stoneware, gourd-shaped, with small mouth. Painted with maple leaves in green and red enamels over a deep cream-coloured crackled glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, painted in enamels over a cream-coloured crackled glaze
Brief description
Bottle, painted with maple leaves in green and red enamels over a cream-coloured crackled glaze; Japan, Inuyama kilns, 19th century
Physical description
Bottle of grey stoneware, gourd-shaped, with small mouth. Painted with maple leaves in green and red enamels over a deep cream-coloured crackled glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Styles
Gallery label
Bottle, earthenware. JAPANESE (INUYAMA); 19th century. Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., through the National Art-Collections Fund. C.573-1920(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.573-1920

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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