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Kenzan-style tea bowl with design of plum blossoms

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At A Glance

  • Period

    late 19th century

  • Geography

    Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

  • Material

    Red earthenware with white slip and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze

  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 8.1 × 10.6 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/16 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1900.74

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1900.74

Object Details

  • Artist

    Imitation of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)

  • Description

    Clay: red earthenware.
    Glaze: colorless, transparent lead glaze.
    Decoration: white slip and brown-black iron pigment; under glaze.

  • Signatures

    Kenzan Toin sei, written in bottom of bowl.

  • Inscriptions

    Seiko yuen 清香幽豔, written in bottom of bowl.

  • Provenance

    To 1900
    Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [1]
    From 1900 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 772, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
    [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

    The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

  • Origin

    Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

  • Type

    Vessel

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