Bowl in the shape of a peach

Object Details

• Artist

  Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)

  Eiraku Myozen (Japan, 1852-1927)

• Description

  Porcelain bowl in the shape of a peach with blue underglaze design.

  Contains mark near foot.

  Contains inscription around rim.

• Marks

  Mark stamped in ceramic under glaze near foot.

• Inscriptions

  Contains inscription around rim.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Imagined Neighbors: Japanese Visions of China, 1680–1980 (March 16 to September 3, 2024)

  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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Tomioka, Tessai, Eiraku, Myozen

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Porcelain, Art, Peach, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)