Dish
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Period
1650-1660 -
Geography
Yambeta kiln group, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan -
Material
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under enamel glazes, copper pigment on rim -
Dimension
H x W: 4.5 x 26 cm (1 3/4 x 10 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1901.79 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.79
Object Details
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Description
Dish, shallow, circular, with sides and rim festooned to eight points.Clay: hard, resonant. Porcelain.Glaze: exterior and inner rim in black and green; bottom in yellow and brown, with decoration in blue, aubergine-purple, brown, black, and green enamel glazes. Copper pigment on rim.Decoration: egrets and reeds in rich colored glazes (as above).Seal: Fuku, written in black under green enamel on base. -
Marks
Seal: Fuku, written in black under green enamel on base. -
Provenance
To 1901Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1901 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 958, 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
Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961) -
Previous custodian or owner
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Yambeta kiln group, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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