Object Details
Artist
Attributed to Takemoto Hayata (1848-1892)
Description
Pear-shaped vase with slightly everted rim, fairly short neck, and bulbous shape tapering to flat base with visible footring cut from sides and foot.
Clay: Porcelain; footrim darkened on surface by use.
Glaze: Brown (iron) glaze applied to interior, rim and base. Brown drained from rim during firing, leaving area white. Blue (cobalt) glaze, applied to exterior, is densest around the neck and sides of the body. Blue appears mottled on body and slightly pooled at the outer edge of the foot. Where the glaze has separated between the body and the foot, a band of white is revealed. Unglazed footrim.
Decoration: none
Mark: none
Two paper labels: "CMK 30" and "KM 11". Sticker on base gives price of $20.00.
Marks
Two paper labels: "CMK 30" and "KM 11". Sticker on base gives price of $20.00.
Label
This vase was part of a collection formed by Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909), during the period when he served as assistant art director for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and art director for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Centennial International Exposition in St. Louis. Kurtz's collecting focused on porcelain with highly colored glazed. Along with these pieces by prominent Japanese potters, Kurtz acquired vases of similar shapes and colors from American and European factories. Kurtz's collection, representative of a broad popular interest in Japanese art in the late nineteenth century, also reflects the growing internationalism in the decoration of ceramics resulting from rapid exchange of information and technology facilitated by the international fairs.
Provenance
To ?
Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909). [1]
To 1991
Isabel S. Kurtz (1901-1991). [2]
From 1991
Freer Gallery of Art, bequest of Isabel S. Kurtz (1901-1991). [3]
Notes:
[1] Ms. Isabel Kurtz bequeathed the group of Asian ceramics, F1991.19-.44, to the Freer Gallery of Art.
These objects had been collected by her father, Charles M. Kurtz, who was a friend of Charles Freer.
Also see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
[3] See note 2.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998)
Previous custodian or owner
Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909)
Isabel S. Kurtz (1901-1991)
Credit Line
Bequest of Isabel S. Kurtz
Date
ca. 1892
Period
Meiji era
Accession Number
F1991.22
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt and iron glazes
Dimensions
H x W x D: 11.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in)
Origin
Tokyo, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
Japan
porcelain
brown and black glaze
cobalt glaze
Japanese Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1991.22