Square serving dish

Object Details

• Artist

  Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967)

• Provenance

  From 1953-54

  J.B. Blunk (1926-2002), Inverness, California, gift of the artist, Kaneshige Toyo (1869-1967), Tokyo, Japan in 1953-54. [1]

  To 2016

  Gallery Japonesque, San Francisco, California. [2]

  From 2016

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from the Gallery Japonesque, San Francisco, California. [3]

  [1] J. B. Blunk spent 14 months with Kaneshige Toyo as an apprentice in Japan from 1953 to 1954. During this time, Kaneshige gave him this dish. See Acquisition proposal, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] The dish was purchased from the Gallery Japonesque in 2016. See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  James Blain Blunk (1926-2002)

• Origin

  Inbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — funds provided by Dr William Goldstein, Victor and Takako Hauge, Dorothy T. Goldman, and Janice Rabinowitz

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1950s

• Name

  Blunk, James Blain

• Place

  Japan, Inbe, Okayama prefecture

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Bizen ware, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)