Round dish with flat foliate rim and fluted cavetto, Mino ware, Shino type

Object Details

• Description

  Light buff clay. Underglaze iron painted decoration of large blossom or leaf. Feldspathic glaze, glossy and cream colored in tone, with unmelted drops of glaze scattered across surface of plate. Irregular marks on base just inside low, rounded foot rim

• 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

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

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Origin

  Ogaya kiln group, Kani city, Gifu 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

  1590s, 1600s

• Name

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Place

  Kani city, Japan, Gifu prefecture, Ogaya kiln group

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)