Stoneware with iron and copper decoration under colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in)
Style:
Mino ware, Oribe type
Type:
Container
Origin:
Mino kilns, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Date:
1630-1700
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Buff clay. Stippling around comb and wattles; carved details on wings and tail. Clear glaze, coarsely crackled; splash of copper-green on comb; details of eyes, beak, and wings painted in underglaze iron.
Provenance:
To 1901
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1]
See Object file.
[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.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
