Object Details
Artist
Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)
Description
Low cylindrical tea bowl. Gold lacquer repairs around entire rim.
Clay: hard, dense earthenware.
Glaze: lead glaze, scratched and pock-marked on outside, mostly lost on inside. Decoration: In brown, white, red, green and blue under glaze. Blossoming cherry trees and blue clouds.
Signatures
"Kenzan" in iron brown pigment on base inside footrim.
Provenance
To 1906
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1906 [1]
From 1906 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1906 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1487, 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
Exhibition History
The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)
Previous custodian or owner
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
Early to mid-19th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1906.284
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Buff clay with white slip, iron pigment, and enamels under transparent lead glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 8.3 × 11.3 cm (3 1/4 × 4 7/16 in)
Origin
Tokyo, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
cherry tree
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
cherry blossom
tea
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1906.284