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

Dish

ca. 1740-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fan-shaped, stoneware with clear glaze, painted with a coast scene in overglaze enamels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels; Japan, Tokyo, Edo period, ca. 1740-1800
Physical description
Dish of fan-shaped, stoneware with clear glaze, painted with a coast scene in overglaze enamels.
Dimensions
  • Width: 31.8cm
  • Length: 38.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Banko' impressed on base
Gallery label
DISH Stoneware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels Mark Banko impressed on base Banko ware (Kobanko type) JAPANESE; c.1740-1800 317-1877(As at 2005)
Object history
Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 159
Collection
Accession number
317-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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