Artist:

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)  Search this

Kyoto workshop  Search this

Medium:

White clay; white slip, iron pigment under transparent lead glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8 × 9.5 cm (3 1/8 × 3 3/4 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 19th century

Period:

Meiji era

Description:

Tea bowl, oval-cylindrical, low foot.

Clay: soft, white.

Glaze: Glassy cream, crackled; dull cream, crackled, inside.

Marks:

Mark

Provenance:

To 1902

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1902 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1]

See Original Pottery List, L. 1187, 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

Exhibition History:

Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea (December 9, 2023 - ongoing)

Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

Previous custodian or owner:

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

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.211

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 20a: Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea

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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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