Waste water bowl (kensui) in efugo form

Object Details

• Artist

  Ichinose Soshin III 一ノ瀬宗辰 III

• Description

  Brass waste water bowl (kensui) for tea ceremony in efugo form (hawk-feeder shape), flat lip, darker on exterior at the vessel's widest point, foot impressed with artist's seal, interior shows slight scratching and tarnishing

• Marks

  foot impressed with artist's seal

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s, 1990s

• Name

  Ichinose, Soshin

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Heisei era (1989 - 2019), Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Japanese Art, Tea ceremony, Ceramics, Metal-work

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)