Porcelain with cobalt pigment under transparent, faintly blue glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 27.8 x 19.3 cm (10 15/16 x 7 5/8 in)
Style:
Arita ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
Date:
1650-1750
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Wheel-thrown cylindrical vessel with wide mouth, curved shoulder, and somewhat tapering base raised on a small, everted foot. Porcelain, with minute black inclusions. Painted in cobalt under the glaze, a horned satyr's head among floral scrolls, swags, and a shell set in an elaborate surround for a scroll used to inscribe the name of the contents.
Provenance:
1993
Unknown Japanese dealer, purchased at auction, Christie's, London, November 15, 1993, lot no. 364 [1]
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo [2]
To 2003
Anthony Carter, London, to 2003
From 2003
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Anthony Carter in 2003
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 1, Louise Cort, September 22, 2003, in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
