Dorabachi basin with Oribe glaze

Object Details

• Artist

  Kitaoji Rosanjin 北大路 魯山人 (1883-1959)

• Description

  Dorabachi basin with Green Oribe glaze

  Mark: incised on unglazed base, "Rosanjin."

  Box, paulownia wood. Inscribed on top of lid: "Oribe-yu ... dorabachi (Oribe glaze ... gong-shaped basin); signed on back of lid: "Rosanjin" {oval black seal: "Hoshigaoka kama"].

• Signatures

  (L. Cort, June 2009): Incised on unglazed base: "Rosanjin"

• Provenance

  From 1972 to 2010

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2010

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2010

  Notes:

  [1]

  Curatorial notes: Purchased by Taka Hauge at a silent auction at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club in 1972.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))

• Origin

  Kita Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1940s, 1930s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Japan, Kita Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Hauge collection, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Copper-green glaze

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)