Tea bowl with design of cranes and chrysanthemums
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Object Details
- Artist
- Possibly by Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)
- Narutaki workshop (active 1699-1712) or contemporary Kyoto workshop
- Description
- Clay: buff stoneware.
- Glaze: transparent, crackled.
- Decoration: white slip and cobalt and iron pigments, under glaze.
- Signature.
- Signatures
- Kenzan
- Provenance
- To 1899
- S. Eida, to 1899 [1]
- From 1899 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Eida in 1899 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 340, 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
- Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)
- Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)
- The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)
- Previous custodian or owner
- S. Eida (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1699-1712
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1899.98
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Buff clay; white slip, iron and cobalt pigments under transparent glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 7.2 × 10.4 cm (2 13/16 × 4 1/8 in)
- Origin
- 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
- crane
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- chrysanthemum
- tea
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1899.98
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e4be56f3-36a2-4052-bd49-a8b4a2b616e4
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