Artist:

Imitation of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)  Search this

Medium:

Raku-type earthenware with red slip under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 4.4 × 7 cm (1 3/4 × 2 3/4 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Container

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Clay: soft, dense, gray-white, Raku type.

Glaze: gray-green, with cream and russet mottlings. Misfired Red Raku glaze.

Decoration: head of stag, in low relief.

Mark on base.

Marks:

Mark: incised on base, "Taikyo."

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 1 in the object record.

[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 791, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Raku ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

incense  Search this

Japan  Search this

earthenware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.79a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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