Tile with design of Eight Views of Lake Biwa in Ōmi (Ōshu Biwako hakkei)

Object Details

• Artist

  After design by Kano Eigaku (1790-1867)

  Tao Zhen workshop

• Description

  Porcelain tile made at the Tao Zhen workshop in Jingdezhen to Japanese order, painted by a Chinese artist following a sketch commissioned from Kyoto Kano school painter Eigaku (1790-1867). The subject is Eight Views of Omi, the Japanese reinterpretation of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang rivers.

• Provenance

  From mid-1950s

  Gordon McArthur, Christchurch, New Zealand. [1]

  To 1992

  Estate of Gordon McArthur, New Zealand. [2]

  From 1992 – 2017

  Ian Heriot, Katikati, New Zealand, purchased from the Estate of Gordon McArthur, New Zealand in 1992. [3]

  From 2017

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Ian and Mary Heriot, Katikati, New Zealand. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Gordon McArthur

  Ian and Mary Heriot

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ian and Mary Heriot, New Zealand

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1810s, 1820s

• Name

  Heriot, Ian and Mary, McArthur, Gordon

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Mountains, Landscapes, Porcelain, Art, Jiaqing reign (1796 - 1820), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings