Artist:

Taizan Yohei  Search this

Medium:

Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 5.6 × 11.5 × 11.5 cm (2 3/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in)

Style:

Kyoto ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

1800-1868

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Sake-cup stand with square base: three loop feet. Gold lacquer repair.

Clay: hard, sonorous, buff.

Glaze: lustrous cream-yellow, delicately crackled.

Decoration: underglaze iron and cobalt: scattered crest-like chrysanthemums.

Mark: Taizan, in archaic script, inside oval frame, impressed on base.

Marks:

Mark: Taizan, in archaic script, inside oval frame, impressed on base.

Provenance:

To 1901

R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner in 1901 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 918, 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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

R. Wagner (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Kyoto ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

wine  Search this

sake  Search this

cobalt pigment  Search this

Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1901.48

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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