Vase (circa 1930)

Kenkichi Tomimoto

stoneware, thrown, with clear glaze over white slip and decoration painted in underglaze iron brown

Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

Photo credit: Victoria and Albert Museum

Classification:

Craft, Ceramic, Pottery

Materials:

Stoneware

Physical Object Description:

Design: Pomegranates.

Technique:

Glazed, Painted, Thrown

Dimensions:

18.4 X 23.7 (diameter) cm

Accession Number:

CIRC.354-1939

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Pottery and Crafts Fund (1928-1948)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Tomimoto exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund and the support of Robert Mond (1867-1938), 1938; presented to the Ceramics Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1938/9

Relationship:

Ernest Marsh Robert Ludwig Mond Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

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