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Tea bowl, copy of Kaga Koetsu, named Chigusa, unknown Raku ware workshop

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    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

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c17ee6d3-7870-4014-8f0c-928c94336c08

    Record ID

    fsg_F1900.81

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