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

Dish

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

Oil-dish of shallow, concave form with upright, square-cut rim and short, spreading sides, the base broad and flat with an unglazed rim round the edge. Painted inside in brown and orange-brown with a spray of flowering prunus. The slightly opaque, creamy glaze has become crazed and stained through use.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, painted, glazed
Brief description
Oil-dish, glazed stoneware painted in dark brown and orange brown; Japan, Seto/Mino, 19th century
Physical description
Oil-dish of shallow, concave form with upright, square-cut rim and short, spreading sides, the base broad and flat with an unglazed rim round the edge. Painted inside in brown and orange-brown with a spray of flowering prunus. The slightly opaque, creamy glaze has become crazed and stained through use.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5cm
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Jaap Langewis
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.6-1960

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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