Square dish with design of landscape in the "splashed ink" style
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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
early 18th century -
Geography
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Buff clay with iron and ochre pigments under transparent lead glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 3 × 21.7 × 21.9 cm (1 3/16 × 8 9/16 × 8 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1906.260 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1906.260
Object Details
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Artist
Style of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)Kyoto workshop, Kenzan style -
Description
Square serving tray (kakuzara).Clay: soft, grayish pottery.Glaze: Iridescent lead glaze with brown crackle.Decoration: in iron brown under glaze. -
Signatures
Signature -
Marks
Two seals -
Inscriptions
Inscription -
Provenance
To 1906Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1906 [1]From 1906 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1906 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1488, 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)Landscapes in Japanese Art (February 2 to July 15, 2007)The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)Ceramics by Ogata Kenzan (October 9, 1980 to October 30, 1980)Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980) -
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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