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

Vase

1900-1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, covered with a dark mottled green glaze. Of depressed bulbous shape with narrow spreading base, and short neck with recurved mouth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with dark green glaze
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with a dark mottled green glaze; made by Miyagawa Kozan, Yokohama, Japan, Meiji period, 1900-10
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, covered with a dark mottled green glaze. Of depressed bulbous shape with narrow spreading base, and short neck with recurved mouth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Style
Gallery label
VASE Porcelain with dark green glaze Sealmark: Makuzu JAPANESE; (Makuzu Kozan, YOKOHAMA); c.1900-10 C.237-1910 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, DSO, through the National Art-Collections Fund(as at 2005)
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 for £1.
Collection
Accession number
C.237-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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