Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Vase with flaring foliate lip.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

  Decoration: floral and landscape motif, painted in underglaze cobalt blue.

• Inscriptions

  Mark: Soshuntei Sanho zo, in cobalt on base

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Screens (August 13, 1997 to May 4, 1998)

  The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Margaret Garber Blue

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Landscapes, Porcelain, Art, Arita ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)