Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: porcelain, fine, white

  Glaze: transparent, colorless

  Decoration: in overglaze enamels only -- red, yellow, blue and green -- with outlines either in black or in red. Red zigzag motif on the slightly conical neck. Blue and green petal pattern outlined in black on shoulder. Single or double red lines defining edge of neck, join of neck and shoulder, lower edge of shoulder pattern, base. Large major motifs of chrysanthemum plant in full bloom above a rock on one side, phoenix seated in a blooming prunus tree on the other, the extended branches of the two plants nearly touching.

  Mark: none

• Provenance

  To 1960

  K.J. Hewett, London [1]

  From 1960 to 1982

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC [2]

  From 1982 to 1990

  Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington DC, ownership transferred to Mrs. Pope after the death of her husband, John A. Pope [3]

  From 1990

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington DC [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

  K.J. Hewett (British, 1919-1994)

  Annemarie Henle Pope (1907-2001)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. John Alexander Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Hewett, K.J., Pope, Annemarie Henle

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Trees, Porcelain, Art, Chrysanthemum, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Arita ware, Kakiemon type, Phoenix, Ceramics, Plants

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)