Artist:

Style of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)  Search this

Kyoto workshop, Kenzan style  Search this

Medium:

Buff clay with white slip, iron and cobalt pigments under transparent glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 9.2 x 10.6 cm (3 5/8 x 4 3/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

mid-18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Container for live coals (hiire), square. Repaired with metal clamps.

Clay: dense, grayish stoneware.

Glaze: Iridescent pearl-white, tinged with brown; brown crackle. White slip under clear glaze. Four scars (spur marks) in unglazed slip on base.

Decoration: In metallic browns and gray-green; under glaze. Pine trees.

Signatures:

"Kenzan Shinsei"

Marks:

Two seals. "Toin" and "Shoko"

Inscriptions:

Fourteen-character poem.

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. 1194, 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:

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

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

Ceramics by Ogata Kenzan (October 9, 1980 to October 30, 1980)

Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)

Japanese Paintings Attributed to Iwasa Matabei (July 1, 1974 to October 1, 1975)

Previous custodian or owner:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

iridescence  Search this

ceramic  Search this

pine tree  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.218

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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