Tea bowl with design of a garden, Arita ware
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Period
1660-1700 -
Geography
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 8 × 12.4 cm (3 1/8 × 4 7/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1900.92 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1900.92
Object Details
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Description
Clay: grayish stoneware fired red.Glaze: tan with dark grayish areas, crackled.Decoration: flower sprays, rock and butterflies in underglaze blue. -
Label
The Arita kilns are best known for producing white-bodied porcelain decorated with cobalt in the Chinese style. This unusual tea bowl combines cobalt designs with a dark stoneware body. Applying white clay solution over the dark body produced a muted “antique” appearance further emphasized by the crackle in the glaze. This type of ware appears to have been produced at Arita kilns during a brief period and for an audience of tea ceramic connoisseurs. -
Provenance
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]To 1900Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]From 1900 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 806, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[3] See note 2.[4] 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
Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007) -
Previous custodian or owner
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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