Glaze: colorless transparent glaze over white slip.
Decoration: in greenish brown pigment.
Signatures:
Kenzan, beneath inscription.
Inscriptions:
Chinese poem.
Provenance:
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]
To 1900
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]
From 1900 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 7, Louise A. Cort, August 1993, in the object record: "The reference to Ikeda after the translation of the inscription [see Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record] indicates that this piece was formerly in the collection of Ikeda Seisuke, a Kyoto dealer."
[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 771, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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)
