Bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle with narrow neck and narrow, flat lip repaired with gold lacquer.

  Clay: white porcelain

  Glaze: white

  Decoration: Sagittaria and stylized plum blossoms in overglaze enamels, mostly red, plus some turquoise and yellow.

• Provenance

  To 1963

  Howard C. Hollis, New York. [1]

  From 1963

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard C. Hollis, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See letter dated April 5, 1963 where Hollis asks to have the vase credited to his name and not that of Howard Hollis and Co., see copy of invoice in the object file.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

  Telling Tales in Japanese Art (November 23, 1996 to August 14, 1997)

  Summer Whites: Japanese Porcelain (July 1, 1983 to March 15, 1984)

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

  Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

  Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

  Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Howard Hollis and Company (established 1949)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

  There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.

  The information presented on this website may be revised and updated at any time as ongoing research progresses or as otherwise warranted. Pending any such revisions and updates, information on this site may be incomplete or inaccurate or may contain typographical errors. Neither the Smithsonian nor its regents, officers, employees, or agents make any representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the information on the site. Use this site and the information provided on it subject to your own judgment. The National Museum of Asian Art welcomes information that would augment or clarify the ownership history of objects in their collections.

Keep Exploring

• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1710s, 1720s, 1770s, 1780s, 1790s, 1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760s, 1800s, 1810s, 1820s, 1830s, 1610s, 1650s, 1640s, 1630s, 1620s, 1690s, 1840s, 1680s, 1850s, 1670s, 1860s, 1660s

• Name

  Howard Hollis and Company

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Arita ware, early enamel type, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)