Set of five individual serving dishes with design of Mr. Fuji

Object Details

• Artist

  Kato Gosuke IV 加藤五輔 (1863-1900)

• Description

  Set of five individual serving dishes (meizeizara) with design of Mt. Fuji.

  Wood storage box with lid.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: transparent.

  Decoration: on upper surface, design of Mount Fuji partially hidden in mist, the peak drawn freehand with relief white pigment and chrome-green pigment under the glaze, the mist executed with stencil using iron-brown pigment under the glaze. In cobalt under the glaze, single line in angle at join of base and foot. Translucent green (celadon) glaze on upper surface and lower surface outside foot; clear glaze on foot and base.

  Mark: "Togyokuen-sei" (^j^) (made by Togyokuen), four-character inscription written in cobalt under the glaze in center of base.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription on base in cobalt, "Togyokuen-sei" (made by Togyokuen) ^j^

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998)

• Origin

  Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Okochi Sadao

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1890s, 1870s

• Name

  Kato, Gosuke IV

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Japan, Seto

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, White slip, Mount Fuji, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Seto ware, Iron pigment

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)