Artist:

Ohi Dochu VII (1836-1896)  Search this

Medium:

Earthenware with Black Raku glaze and pigments

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 7.9 × 11.3 cm (3 1/8 × 4 7/16 in)

Style:

Ohi ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 19th century

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Tea bowl, irregularly cylindrical, ovoidal at bottom; crudely modeled foot.

Clay: soft, gray, Raku type.

Glaze: golden to blackish brown, mingled with dull olive and gray.

Decoration: crude pine tree forms in gray, tinted slip, in low relief.

Seal. Ohi, on unglazed base outside footrim.

Marks:

Seal. Ohi, on unglazed base outside footrim.

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. 811, 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

pine tree  Search this

Ohi ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

earthenware  Search this

red slip  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.96

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39e20de2d-a826-4e9e-925f-34b5754a7549

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1900.96