bowl; storage box

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Object Type: bowl; storage box
Museum number: 1991,0415.1
Description: Bowl. Made of porcelain with incised vortex pattern and 'white celadon' glaze. Mark. With signed wooden box.
Producer name: Made by: Soma Akira 相馬晃
Cultures/periods: Heisei Era
Production date: 1990 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Tomobe-machi, kiln
Materials: porcelain
Technique: celadon-glazed; incised
Dimensions: Diameter: 46.50 centimetres; Height: 20.10 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Carey 1991 / Collecting the 20th Century (p.46)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1993 Feb, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japanese Arts in the British Museum'
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Soma Akira 相馬晃
Funder name: With contribution from: Sir David Wilson
Acquisition date: 1991
Acquisition notes: Ordered at the kiln by Lawrence Smith.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1991,0415.1
Conservation: Treatment: 22 Apr 1997

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