Banko ware serving dish with design of bird and hydrangea
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Object Details
- Description
- Clay: buff stoneware fired reddish on footrim.
- Glaze: light tan, crackled.
- Decoration: overglaze enamels, bird on a hydrangea branch; red "dewdrop" pattern on rim, red lines and clouds on handle.
- Mark: impressed on unglazed base: Banko.
- Marks
- 1. (unattributed, undated) "Banko" impressed on unglazed base.
- Provenance
- To ?
- Okabe Collection. [1]
- To 1967
- N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [2]
- From 1967
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
- [2] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Arts of Japan (July 14, 2012 to January 13, 2013)
- Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
- Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)
- Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
- Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)
- Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Okabe
- N.V. Hammer, Inc.
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 1740-1799
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1967.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with cream-colored glaze and enamels over glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14.3 x 23.2 cm (5 5/8 x 9 1/8 in)
- Style
- Banko ware
- Origin
- Kuwana, Mie prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- bird
- flower
- Banko ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1967.22
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3933556ae-0462-454d-900a-b96d5ab7ef05
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