Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 5.7 x 31.3 cm (2 1/4 x 12 5/16 in)
Style:
Arita ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
Date:
1670-1700
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Dish, low rounded sides, low foot with inward bevel. Four spur scars.
Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: clear, feldspathic.
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue, outline and wash. "Chelsea" pattern of trees, flowers, rocks, birds and insects used in Kakiemon ware. Running leafy scroll on outside cavetto.
Provenance:
Estate of the Honorable William R. Castle. [1]
To 1970
Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow, by inheritance from the estate of the Honorable William R. Castle. [2]
From 1970
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow. [3]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 7 in the object record.
[2] The object came to the Freer Study Collection in 1970. It was transferred to the permanent collection in 1979. Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow are the heirs of the Estate of the Honorable W.R. Castle. See note 1 and correspondences in the object file, Collections Management Office. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
[3] See note 2.
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)
