H x W x D: 7.3 x 12.3 x 12.3 cm (2 7/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kyoto or Yokohama, Japan
Date:
1880-1884
Period:
Meiji era
Description:
Temmoku-shape tea bowl with overglaze enamel decoration. Shape of 11-12th c. Chinese Northern ware iron-glazed tea bowl (ref. Valenstein, Handbook, 50): incurving rim, unusually thick walls designed as effective shape for decoration.
Clay: fine-grained cream-colored Satsuma body.
Glaze: clear glaze with medium crackle.
Decoration: exterior: wisteria trellis; interior: landscape in style of 17-18th c. Qing court painting. Gold borders outside rim and on footrim. Exterior design closely related to style of Kyoto cloisonne artist Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927).
Provenance:
From 1884 to 1885
Major General Julius Stahel, acquired in 1884 [1]
From 1885
Mrs. Simon Wolf, Washington, DC, given by Major General Julius Stahel in 1885 [2]
From about 1970 to 1983
Col. Harold Chase, Jr., Arlington, VA, by descent, from about 1970 [3]
From 1983
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Col. Harold and Mrs. Beverly Chase, Jr. in 1983
Notes:
[1] According to a July 23, 1984 letter from Col. Chase (see letter in the object file), Major General Julius Stahel was appointed U.S. consul at Yokohama, Japan, and consul-general at Shanghai, China, in 1884 and served one year in those posts (see Curatorial Note 7 in the object record).
[2] According to a July 23, 1984 letter from Col. Chase (see Curatorial Note 7 in the object record).
[3] Mrs. Simon Wolf was step great-grandmother to Col. Harold Chase, Jr. (see Curatorial Note 7 in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)
Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998)
