Stoneware Dish/Bowl (circa 1935)

Kanjirō Kawai

red stoneware, white slip and sgraffiato decoration under a clear glaze

Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

Photo credit: Victoria and Albert Museum

Classification:

Ceramic, Craft, Pottery

Materials:

Stoneware

Physical Object Description:

Conical bowl with banded and combed slip decoration under a clear yellow-tinged glaze. Red stoneware bowl, white slip and sgraffiato decoration under a clear glaze, by Kawai Kanjiro, Japan, 1935.

Technique:

Glazed

Dimensions:

12 x 20.3 cm

Accession Number:

C.210-1939

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Pottery and Crafts Fund (1928-1948)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund, 1938; presented to Ceramics Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1938

Relationship:

Ernest Marsh Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

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