Vase with design of lotus blossoms

Object Details

• Artist

  Miyagawa Kozan (1842-1916)

• Description

  The vessel has a broad shoulder which curves in to form a low slender waist before it flares out to form the foot; the rim rises slightly above the shoulder and turns outward. On the outer surface a green glaze was applied to create an image of white flowers against a green background. A seal, blue/black in color, is present on the bottom inside the foot.

• Inscriptions

  The foot has an incised double ring enclosing Kozan's signature (Makuzu/Kozan sei) written in dark blue cobalt inside a square.

• Provenance

  From at least 1903 to ?

  Jane Coles Morrison Edwards, acquired in Japan sometime between 1895 and 1903. [1]

  To 1994

  Mrs. Herbert C. Blunck, by gift or inheritance from her mother, Jane Coles Morrison Edwards. [2]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Herbert C. Blunck. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note. See also object record.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Jane Coles Morrison Edwards

  Mrs. Herbert C. Blunck

• Origin

  Makuzu kiln, Yokohama, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Herbert C. Blunck

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1900s, 1890s

• Name

  Blunck, Herbert C., Edwards, Jane Coles Morrison

• Place

  Makuzu kiln, Japan, Yokohama

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Lotus

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)