Tripod incense burner, style of Chinese Longquan-ware celadon

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Uno Ninmatsu (1864-1937)

• Description

  Tripod incense burner; bulbous body with vertical neck and wide lip; low fin-like flange on each three perforations in bowl; hollow legs.

  Clay: fine grained, grayish white porcelain; iron-red and traces of brown dressing on feet.

  Glaze: translucent, light grayish blue, lustrous surface.

• Provenance

  To 1941

  C. Edward Wells, New York to 1941

  From 1941

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. Edward Wells, New York in 1941 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. For additional information, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Idea of China in Japan: The Tea Ceremony in Japan (December 19, 1999 to June 11, 2000)

  Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C. Edward Wells (1898-1991)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1910s, 1930s

• Name

  Wells, C. Edward

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto prefecture

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Kyoto ware, Incense, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)