Artist:

Nin'ami Dohachi 仁阿弥道八 (1783-1855)  Search this

Medium:

Bottle: stoneware with iron glaze; stopper: porcelain with clear glaze and manganese-purple enamel

Dimensions:

H x W: 20 x 9.8 cm (7 7/8 x 3 7/8 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Gojozaka, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

early 19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Sake bottle (tokkuri [JPN]), squared sides. Animal-head stopper. (tanuki).

Clay: coarse, light-fawn. Dark brown on surface. Stopper is porcelain.

Glaze: brilliant black over mahogany-brown. Blue-gray inside neck.

Stopper: clear glaze and purple enamel.

Mark on stopper: Nin'ami [JPN]. Incised undulating line around shoulder.

Marks:

On stopper: Nin'ami [JPN]

Provenance:

To 1903

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1903 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1]

See Original Pottery List, L. 1222, 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:

Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

wine  Search this

sake  Search this

gourd  Search this

Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1903.46a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36cd1a94f-1920-47a2-ad63-a22f8de2fc92

EDAN-URL:

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