Cloisonne-on-porcelain tea cannister with double lid, Seto ware and Nagoya workshop, one of a pair with F1984.33a-c

Object Details

• Artist

  Takenouchi Chubei

• Description

  One of a pair of cloisonne-on-porcelain tea cannisters with double lids. The pair are modeled after Chinese pewter storage jars for loose-leaf tea, with porcelain inner lids covered by cap-shaped outer lids.

  Clay: Porcelain (Seto).

  Glaze: Clear glaze on interior of vessel and inside foot rim; neck and foot rim unglazed (foot rim appears to have been ground down); outer lid partially glazed on inside, with rim and edge left bare; inner lid glazed except on rim and edge.

  Decoration: Underglaze (artificial?) cobalt and overglaze gold enamel decorations on inner lid. Outside of jar and outer lid covered by opaque multicolor cloisonne enamels on olive-green ground, with silver and brass cloisons, except for band of black lacquer at foot having stenciled gold decor.

• Inscriptions

  Inscribed in red overglaze enamel on base "Dai Nippon/Kaiyosha/kojin Takenouchi" (Japan, Kaiyosha, craftsman Takenouchi).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Origin

  Seto and Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1880s, 1870s

• Name

  Takenouchi, Chubei

• Place

  Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, Seto

• Topic

  Tea, Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Enamel and enameling, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Seto ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)