Object Details
Artist
Style of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637) , by an unknown professional potter
Description
Tea bowl, vertical incisions on sides. Named Chigusa.
Clay: soft, grayish. Raku type.
Glaze: brilliant, mingled autumnal reds, yellows, greens, and browns; crackled. Red slip brushed under clear glaze.
Label
The tea bowl named Kaga Koetsu is perhaps the most frequently copied tea bowl of those made by Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637). Details of this copy, including faithful replication of the scar on the base created by a circular firing support, suggest that its maker (probably a professional potter) had studied the original.
Provenance
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]
To 1900
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]
From 1900 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 793, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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
Exhibition History
Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea (December 9, 2023 - ongoing)
Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)
Special Exhibition of Japanese Pottery (October 29, 1971 to October 31, 1971)
Previous custodian or owner
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
19th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1900.81
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Earthenware with red slip under clear lead glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 10.1 × 13 cm (4 × 5 1/8 in)
Style
Raku ware, unknown workshop
Origin
Kyoto, Japan
On View
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20a: Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Raku ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
tea
copy
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1900.81