Oribe dorabachi bowl

Object Details

• Artist

  Okabe Mineo (1919-1990)

• Description

  Straight-sided bowl (dorabachi) in Green Oribe format.

  Mark: incised on base, "Mine" (mark in shape of peak, "mine").

  Box, paulownia wood. Inscribed on front of lid: "Ao Oribe / dorabachi (gong-shaped basin) ... Mineo" [square red seal: "Mine"].

• Signatures

  (L.Cort June 2009): Incised on base: "Mine" (mark in shape of peak, "mine").

• Provenance

  From early 1950s 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 Victor Hauge from the artist Okabe Mineo in his studio in the early 1950s.

  Victor visited Okabe's workshop in the early 1950s and bought everything that was available for sale.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

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

• Origin

  Hiradobashi (Toyota), Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1950s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Hiradobashi Toyota, Japan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)