Individual serving dish with design of flowering quince, Mino ware, Shino type

Object Details

• Description

  Buff clay. Three loop feet on base; glaze wiped off bottoms. Underglaze iron painted decoration of flowering plant in center; two geometric motifs alternating around outer edge of rim. White feldspathic glaze, thick, glossy and coarsely crackled; orange areas on rim where glaze is thin. On base, three large spur marks in glaze; in bottom, three minute spur marks, closely spaced in center.

• Label

  At many tea gatherings, guests enjoy a meal served on individual trays. Each tray holds lacquered wooden bowls for rice and soup and a small ceramic dish containing fish and vegetables.

• Provenance

  To 1962

  N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [1]

  From 1962

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style (October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2019)

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

  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)

  Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

  Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

  Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Origin

  Motoyashiki kiln, Toki city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1610s, 1600s

• Name

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Place

  Motoyashiki kiln, Toki city, Japan, Gifu prefecture

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)