Chocolate pot

Object Details

• Description

  Coffee Pot, formed in a press mold, with tall lobed body, ornate handle, and spout; lid with deep edge.

  Glaze: transparent, colorless, on inside, base, and inside of lid.

  Decoration: in overglaze enamel; base of matte chocolate brown, with designs painted and trailed using enamels that stand out in high relief; within cartouche, identical scenes of Chinese scholar and attendants on both sides, surrounded by ornate floral scrolls, in red, pink, yellow, turquoise, cobalt, pale green, dark green, and white.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Origin

  Yokohama, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Lucile Seaman Lamey in memory of her parents, Professor and Mrs. A.E. Seaman

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1900s, 1890s

• Place

  Japan, Yokohama

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Satsuma ware, Japanese Art, Enamel and enameling, Ceramics, Flowers, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)