Flower vase with auspicious decor in overglaze enamels
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Period
19th century -
Geography
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Buff clay with white slip and iron pigment under transparent glaze, enamels over the glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 32.3 × 18.1 cm (12 11/16 × 7 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1907.83 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.83
Object Details
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Artist
Kyoto workshopImitation of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) -
Description
Vase in Qing style. Broken into many pieces and mended.Clay: hard, grayish stoneware.Glaze: colorless transparent glaze over white slip on body, over clay on base.Decoration: in iron brown under glaze and red, yellow, green, blue and purple enamels over glaze. Four characters. Incised details. Central design of two Chinese-style Islands of the Immortals alternating with leaping fish among flaming clouds and astronomical patterns. Four characters within cartouches in wide band below neck; lotus petal band around base. -
Signatures
Kenzan, in iron brown under glaze inset into lotus panel above base. -
Provenance
To 1907Unidentified owner, Tokyo, Japan, to 1907 [1]From 1907 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Tokyo, Japan, from an unidentified owner in spring of 1907 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1561, 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 Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002) -
Previous custodian or owner
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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