Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Inverted pyriform (pear-shaped) vase with everted lip, thin rim and trumpet-shaped neck. Flared base extends over raised foot trimmed to create footring.

  Clay: Porcelain; footrim darkened on surface by use.

  Glaze: Red (copper) pigment applied to lip, rim and upper neck under a light blue-green glaze. Red pigment on neck crazed during firing. Specks of red glaze appear through glaze on exterior body. At the waist and shoulders glaze has a pitted, "orange-peel" texture due to traces of minute bubbles in the glaze which burst at high temperatures during firing. Blue-green glaze also applied to interior and foot. Unglazed footrim.

  Decoration: Red color, concentrated primarily on the bottle rim and upper neck, contrasts with the blue-green glaze.

  Paper labels: "CMK 8" and "*/[triangle]."

• Marks

  Paper labels: "CMK 8" and "*/[triangle]."

• Provenance

  To ?

  Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909). [1]

  To 1991

  Isabel S. Kurtz (1901-1991). [2]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequest of Isabel S. Kurtz (1901-1991). [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Ms. Isabel Kurtz bequeathed the group of Asian ceramics, F1991.19-.44, to the Freer Gallery of Art.

  These objects had been collected by her father, Charles M. Kurtz, who was a friend of Charles Freer.

  Also see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909)

  Isabel S. Kurtz (1901-1991)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Isabel S. Kurtz

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Kurtz, Isabel S., Kurtz, Charles M.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)