Presentation jar for pickled plums

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: White porcelain.

  Glaze: Clear, slightly bluish.

  Decoration: Three plant groups in underglaze blue. Cockscomb (?), hagi (?), and aster or chrysanthemum.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Howard Hollis and Company

• Provenance

  To 1961

  Howard Hollis and Company, Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

  From 1961

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard Hollis and Company, Cleveland, Ohio. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Hiekoba kiln, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Howard Hollis and Company

• Place

  Hiekoba kiln, Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Arita ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Plants

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)