Nabeshima ware dish with design of reeds in mist, seven-sun size

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: partial celadon.

  Decoration: design of reeds in underglaze.

• Provenance

  To 1964

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

  From 1964

  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

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

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (March 8 to September 7, 2008)

  Landscapes in Japanese Art (February 2 to July 15, 2007)

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

  Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

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

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

  Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

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

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

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Origin

  Okawachi kiln, Imari, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Place

  Imari, Japan, Saga prefecture, Okawachi kiln

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Green glaze, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Nabeshima ware, Arita ware, Nabeshima type

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)