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Object Details
- Artist
- Style of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Early to mid-19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1906.284
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Ceramic
- Vessel
- Medium
- Buff clay with white slip, iron pigment, and enamels under transparent lead glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8.3 x 11.3 cm (3 1/4 x 4 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- cherry tree
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- cherry blossom
- tea
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1906.284
