Bowl

Object Details

• Artist

  Tsuboshima Dohei (born 1929)

• Description

  Bowl with overglaze decoration in red and green enamels.

  Box, paulownia wood. Inscribed on front of lid, "Aka-e hanamon asabachi ... Ise/Hironaga yo" (Shallow basin with floral design in red-based enamels ... Ise, Hironaga kiln"; inscribed on back of lid: "Dohei saku" (made by Dohei) [round red seal: Hironaga Dohei].

• Signatures

  (L.Cort, June 2009): Cipher incised on base inside footrim

• Inscriptions

  Inscribed on front of box lid, "Aka-e hanamon asabachi ... Ise/Hironaga yo" (Shallow basin with floral design in red-based enamels ... Ise, Hironaga kiln"; inscribed on back of lid: "Dohei saku" (made by Dohei) [round red seal: Hironaga Dohei].

• Label

  Tsuboshima Dohei (born 1929, Hironaga kiln, Tsu, Mie prefecture) at age 17 became the apprentice of the amateur potter, banker, and important patron of ceramic artists Kawakita Handeishi (1878-1963), worked with him for seventeen years, and succeeded to the workshop after Handeishi's death. His serving bowl with overglaze red and green enamel decoration offers his take on the vivacious late Ming porcelain style that Handeishi also enjoyed.

• Provenance

  From 1971 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 from the artist in his studio in Tsu, Mie prefecture.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge

• Origin

  Hironaga kiln, Tsu, Mie prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1970s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Japan, Tsu, Hironaga kiln, Mie prefecture

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Hauge collection, Japanese Art, Enamel and enameling, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)