Object Details
Description
An oval-shaped bowl with black lacquer cover, used as incense burner (koro) or tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi)
Clay: fine white porcelain
Glaze: lustrous, milk-white
Decoration: vitrifiable enamels in phoenix and plum blossom design.
Label
The oval form of this slip-cast bowl is a modern addition to the repertory of wheel-thrown shapes made in workshops in Arita since the late seventeenth century and decorated in the Kakiemon style. In that style, named after one of the major workshops in Arita, strong red iron-oxide pigment highlights the palette of clear enamels used to execute sparse motifs, whose small scale emphasizes the milky white of the porcelain clay. On this piece the motif is a rose bush growing against a fence.
Provenance
To 1953
Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
From 1953
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
The Tea Ceremony in Japan XII (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)
Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)
Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)
Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Previous custodian or owner
Howard Hollis and Company (established 1949)
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date
1868-1925
Period
Meiji or Taisho era
Accession Number
F1953.11a-d
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain clay with enamels over colorless glaze; lacquered wooden lid
Dimensions
H x W x D: 8.9 x 15 x 19.3 cm (3 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 7 5/8 in)
Style
Arita ware, Kakiemon style
Origin
possibly Mikawachi, Saga prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
lacquer
ceramic
flower
phoenix
Arita ware
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
water
plum blossom
tea
incense
Taisho era (1912 - 1926)
Japan
porcelain
Japanese Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1953.11a-d