Stoneware Vase/Jar (circa 1935)

Kanjirō Kawai

red stoneware, finger-wiped slip decoration under a clear glaze

Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

Photo credit: Victoria and Albert Museum

Classification:

Craft, Pottery, Ceramic

Materials:

Stoneware

Physical Object Description:

Brown stoneware jar with grey slip decoration of finger-wiped arcs under a clear glaze, by Kawai Kanjiro, Japan, 1935

Technique:

Glazed

Dimensions:

17.1 x 17.1 cm

Accession Number:

C.32-1943

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1943

Scheme:

Historic Craft Purchase by Purchaser (1949-2010)

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, 1943

Relationship:

Ernest Marsh Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

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