Serving dish

Object Details

• Artist

  Kiyomizu Rokubei II (1777-1847)

• Description

  Dish, flaring, shallow, circular; heavily notched foot.

  Clay: dense, gray.

  Glaze: rich, greenish-gray over red-brown wash.

  Decoration: in brown, green, and thick white glaze, under glaze. Pine boughs in brown with spattered-slip "snow" (copies Kenzan idea).

• Marks

  Character kiyo [Jpn] inside double hexagon.

• Label

  The Kiyomizu Rokubei workshop took its name from its location in the Kiyomizu district of eastern Kyoto long known for pottery production. This large plate borrows its decor from a bowl by the early 18th-century potter Ogata Kenzan. Pine boughs are rendered in broad strokes of underglaze iron, while white slip spattered over the surface becomes drifting snow. Purposefully rustic in form, the plate conveys a warmth and sturdiness that offset its wintry imagery.

• Provenance

  To 1896

  Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1896 [1]

  From 1896 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1896 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 202, 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

  The Arts of Japan (July 14, 2012 to January 13, 2013)

  Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

  Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Gojozaka, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Moore, Rufus E.

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan, Gojozaka, Kyoto prefecture

• Topic

  Pine tree, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Winter, Snow, Stoneware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)