Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl with compressed thin slightly flaring rim; flat, slightly concave base, 5 spur marks inside center.

  Clay: fine grain, buff stoneware. Glaze: thin, yellowish green celadon with crackle. Decoration: none.

• Provenance

  ?-at least early 1967

  Zenda Shoten, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  At least early 1967-1968

  Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. (established 1916), Tokyo, Japan, purchased from Zenda Shoten [2]

  From 1968

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See object list titled “Additional Sheet,” undated (ca. February 23, 1967), copy in object file. Object is described as, “No. 3 Annamuse pottery bowl with celadon glaze.” The provenance is described as, “Purchased from: […] No. 3 Zenda Shoten [/] Karasumaru-Higashiiru [Higashi-Iru], Aneyakoji, Nakakyo-ku [Nakagyō-ku], Kyoto-shi.”

  [2] See note 1.

  See also incoming receipt, dated March 10, 1967, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. to the Freer Gallery of Art for acquisition consideration on March 10, 1967.

  Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. (established 1916) in Tokyo, Japan specializes in Far Eastern art. Mayuyama Matsutarō (1882-1935) began Mayuyama & Co. in Beijing, China during April 1905, where he specialized in the sale of Chinese antiquities. In 1916, Mayuyama relocated to Tokyo, Japan, opening a store in the Ginza district and later in Kyobashi. In Japan, the store featured Japanese works of art. After Mayuyama's death, his eldest son, Junkichi (1913-1999) inherited the business.

  [3] See object file for copy of Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. invoice, to Freer Gallery of Art, dated May 13, 1968, and marked approved on May 31, 1967. Object is described as “Japanese [sic] pottery, Annamese, 13th century; bowl, celadon glaze.”

  Research updated August 25, 2023

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Zenda Shoten

  Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. (established 1916)

• Origin

  Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Shoten, Zenda, Mayuyama & Co., Ltd.

• Place

  Hai Duong province, Vietnam, Red River Delta kilns

• Topic

  Ly dynasty (1009 - 1225), Art, Green glaze, Stoneware, Tran dynasty (1225 - 1400), Southeast Asian Art, Celadon ware, Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)