Side-handled teapot with design of autumn grasses
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Object Details
- Artist
- Miura Ken'ya (1821-1889)
- Description
- Clay: hard, whitish; Raku-type earthenware.
- Glaze: brilliant seal-brown and cream; the latter crackled and slightly iridescent. Lead glazes.
- Decoration: in brown under glaze: bush clover and pampas grass.
- Signature: Kenya
- One of a set: F1904.429.1-8.
- Signatures
- Kenya
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Kosa Honma (1842-1909), to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Kosa Honma in 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 131, 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
- Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)
- The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Honma Kosa (1842-1909) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- late 19th century
- Period
- Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F1904.429.1a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Buff clay with iron glaze and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 6.9 x 15.1 x 15.7 cm (2 11/16 x 5 15/16 x 6 3/16 in)
- Origin
- Tokyo, 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
- iridescence
- ceramic
- autumn
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- tea
- grass
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.429.1a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36509c364-8547-41d9-a119-5a04cae16112
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