Tea bowl with design of autumn grasses
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Object Details
- Artist
- Kashu Mimpei (1796-1871)
- Description
- Tea-bowl, ovoidal; deep flaring foot, notched.
- Clay: hard, dense, whitish.
- Glaze: lustrous warm cream, finely crackled.
- Decorations: floral, enameled in colors and gold, over glaze.
- Seal: Mimpei.
- Marks
- Seal: Mimpei
- Provenance
- To 1893
- Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1893 [1]
- From 1893 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1893 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 300, 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
- Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- mid 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1893.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with enamels over clear colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 7.6 x 12.4 cm (3 x 4 7/8 in)
- Style
- Mimpei ware
- Origin
- Awaji island, Hyogo 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
- flower
- autumn
- Mimpei ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- tea
- grass
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1893.9
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d09dab60-7bdb-45fe-991c-15027f284e60
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