Pair of sake flasks and sake cups

Object Details

• Artist

  Otagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791-1875)

• Description

  Glazed stoneware with incised calligraphy.

• Inscriptions

  Contains inscriptions.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Meeting Tessai: Modern Japanese Art from the Cowles Collection (August 13, 2022 to January 28, 2024)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Otagaki, Rengetsu

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Art, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Sake

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)