Kyoto ware tea cup, probably for serving New Year herbal tea
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Object Details
- Artist
- Hozan Bunzo 宝山文造
- Description
- Tea-cup, probably for serving New Year herbal tea
- Clay: fine, cream.
- Glaze: translucent, delicately crackled.
- Decoration: over glaze, in gold, in oxydized silver, and in blue. Paulownia and chrysanthemum crests.
- Mark: Hozan, inside rectangular frame, impressed on base to left of small impressed circle at center of base.
- Marks
- Mark: Hozan, inside rectangular frame, impressed on base to left of small impressed circle at center of base.
- Mark: Hozan, inside rectangular frame, impressed on base to left of small impressed circle at center of base.
- Provenance
- To 1906
- Unidentified owner, Nikko, Japan, to 1906 [1]
- From 1906 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner, Nikko, Japan, in 1906 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 399, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.
- [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
- Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998)
- Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Second half of 19th century
- Period
- Edo period or Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F1906.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with clear glaze, gold and silver overglaze enamels
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 5.8 × 9.5 cm (2 5/16 × 3 3/4 in)
- Style
- Kyoto ware
- Origin
- Hozan Bunzo workshop, Awata, Kyoto, Kyoto 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
- enameling
- ceramic
- Kyoto ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1906.26
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3002e243c-28ea-46d9-9638-ef5230d677c1
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