Kakiemon ware jar

Object Details

• Description

  Large white porcelain Kakeimon jar decorated with floral patterned medallions and arabesques in overglaze enamels. (Enamels are blue, turquoise, red, yellow, and black.)

• Label

  The eclectic decoration of this jar reflects both the Chinese models for Japanese porcelain decoration and the taste and demand of the European market. Three large panels frame compositions borrowed from Chinese porcelain, paintings, or woodblock prints. Peonies and iris appear together in one panel, while chrysanthemums and orchids are paired in the other two panels. The symmetrical, columnar arrangements of abstract flowers and foliage separating the panels are related to European designs.

• Provenance

  To 1956

  Heeramaneck Galleries, New York. [1]

  From 1956

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)

  Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to November 13, 1995)

  Varieties of 17th-Century Arita Porcelain (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)

  Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

  Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)

  Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

  Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)

  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 Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

  Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

  Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

  Ukiyo-e Exhibition (August 7, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

  Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Heeramaneck Galleries (active 1928-1964)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Heeramaneck Galleries

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Arita ware, Kakiemon type, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)