- Provenance
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To 1901
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1064, 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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Bunkio Matsuki (C.L. Freer source) 1867-1940
- Description
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Clay: stoneware; dense, resonant.
Glaze: transparent, appearing deep cream, finely crackled in brown.
Decoration: in iron and cobalt, appearing gray and olive-brown, under glaze. Camellia.
Inscription.
- Inscription(s)
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Inscription: "All made up with palace powder, blossoms in the snow" (Qu You 瞿佑, 1341-1427)
- Published References
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- Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 203.
- Warren E. Cox. The Book of Pottery and Porcelain. 2 vols., New York. vol. 1: p. 236, fig. 428.
- Richard L. Wilson. The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics. Exh. cat. Washington. cat. 13, p. 74.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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