Object Details
Artist
Tokuzan (died 1837)
Description
Clay: soft, grayish. Raku type.
Glaze: deep green, crackled, with areas of iridescent copper and bronze. Lead glaze.
Decoration: broadly incised. Two phoenixes.
Signature. Inscription. Inscribed on unglazed bottom: Bunka juichi inu gogatsu/Hogean/Tokuzan [cipher].
Signatures
Signature.
Inscriptions
Inscribed on unglazed bottom: Bunka juichi inu gogatsu/Hogean/Tokuzan [cipher].
Provenance
To 1899
Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1899 [1]
From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Japanese Trading Company in 1899 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1814
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1899.1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Vessel
Medium
Raku-type clay with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 23.2 × 32.9 cm (9 1/8 × 12 15/16 in)
Origin
Tokyo, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
iridescence
ceramic
phoenix
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1899.1