Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

W: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in)

Style:

Arita ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Hyakken kiln site, Yamauchi, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1610-1659

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Cylindrical bowl, waster, mended and used as incense burner.

Clay: porcelain.

Glaze: clear.

Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze. Outside: geometricized lattice band below the rim; "Three Friends of Winter" (pine, bamboo, plum) design and full moon; double band above the rim; single band around the foot. Charred inside.

Mark: none.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Topic:

Arita ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

incense  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of John A. Pope

Accession Number:

FSC-P-1225

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye369ddbc30-84a7-4a6b-8441-f1e931922aa0

EDAN-URL:

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