Record Tea-ceremony water jar with matching lid in imitation of Hon'ami Koetsu, unknown Raku ware workshop | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Tea-ceremony water jar with matching lid in imitation of Hon'ami Koetsu, unknown Raku ware workshop

Medium:: Earthenware with Red Raku glaze, mother-of-pearl and metal inlay; gold lacquer repairs

Description:: Tea ceremony water jar with matching lid (tomobuta mizushashi [Jpn]). Repaired with gold lacquer. Other mends.; Clay: soft, red, Raku type. Unglazed on interior.; Glaze: Clear glaze.; Decoration: impressed and inlaid with mother-of-pearl (in poor condition) and metal: deer and maple leaves.; Seal: "Koetsu" carved onto wall, in seal script inside rectangular frame.

Marks:: Seal: "Koetsu" carved onto wall, in seal script inside rectangular frame.

Provenance:: To 1901; Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]; From 1901 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]; Notes:; [1]; See Pottery List, L. 995, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [2] See note 1.; [3] 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.

Exhibition History:: Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016); Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

Previous custodian or owner:: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:: Raku ware Search this; deer Search this; Edo period (1615 - 1868) Search this; Meiji era (1868 - 1912) Search this; water Search this; tea Search this; Japan Search this; earthenware Search this; Japanese Art Search this

See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection