Tea bowl with reserve design of fans
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Period
mid-17th century -
Geography
Omuro kiln, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with black glaze, enamels over white glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.466 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.466
Object Details
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Artist
Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77) -
Description
Tea bowl, bulbous ovoidal shape.Clay: coarse, light, buff-gray stoneware.Glaze: glossy black, orange skin texture.Decoration: two fan shapes reserved in clay color against black glaze and decorated with colored enamels. -
Marks
Seal: Ninsei 仁清 -
Provenance
To 1898Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei (March 19 to October 23, 2005)Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)Japanese Fans (April 6, 1984 to October 18, 1984)Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Omuro kiln, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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