Bottle in Japanese tea-whisk form, on low foot rim with narrow neck and spreading collar; smooth pear-shaped body
Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent.
Decoration: overglaze enamel colors; stylized bands in red around neck collar; nature motifs including plum, pine and bamboo painted in red, yellow, blue and aubergine on body.
Provenance:
From at least 1967 to 1970
Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1967 [1]
From 1970
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer on June 21, 1971 [2]
Notes:
[1] The vase was examined and stored for Agnes E. Meyer at the Freer Gallery in 1967, see W. T. Chase’s note, dated June 1967, in object file.
[2] Agnes E. Meyer expressed a wish of donating the vase to the Freer Gallery in a letter to John A. Pope, dated January 28, 1969. The vase was acquired from Agnes E. Meyer Estate, see Deed of Gift, dated May 31, 1971, copy in object file, where the object is listed as no. 4.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
Summer Whites: Japanese Porcelain (July 1, 1983 to March 15, 1984)
A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)
Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition (September 25, 1971 to October 2, 1972)
Previous custodian or owner:
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970))
