Buff clay; iron and cobalt pigments under transparent glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 8.9 x 9.7 cm (3 1/2 x 3 13/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
Date:
late 18th-early 19th century
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Square container for live charcoal (hiire).
Clay: fine-grained buff stoneware.
Glaze: transparent.
Decoration: pine and plum, in relief in unglazed panels on two sides; blossoming plum branches in blue and brown, under glaze, in border-areas; iron brown under glaze on rim.
Signatures:
Signature
Inscriptions:
Two inscriptions, one including signature, on two alternating unglazed panels
Provenance:
1911
Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto 1911 [1]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto in 1911 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2188, 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:
Tea in the Floating World (December 8, 2002 to May 26, 2003)
The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)
