Individual serving dish (mukozuke) with squared rim

Object Details

• Description

  Light gray clay. Three loop feet. Translucent feldspathic glaze covering iron slip, appearing reddish brown where glaze is thin, gray where glaze is thick. Central design of bush clover incised through iron slip. Three large round spur marks on base adjacent to feet.

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• Provenance

  To 1961

  Harry C. Nail, Jr., Palo Alto, California. [1]

  From 1961

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Harry C. Nail, Jr., Palo Alto, California. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

  Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

  The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)

  Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

  Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)

  Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

  Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Harry C. Nail Jr. (1909-1990)

• Origin

  Inkyo kiln, Toki city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1590s, 1600s

• Name

  Nail, Harry C.

• Place

  Toki city, Inkyo kiln, Japan, Gifu prefecture

• Topic

  Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Mino ware, Shino type

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)