Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Style:

Arita ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Taku Oyama kiln, Taku, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1690-1750

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Blue and white, bowl base, foot fragment.

Clay: white porcelain.

Glaze: clear glaze with cobalt pigment.

Decoration: clear glazed exterior with janome base (snake eye) (late). Clear glazed interior, cobalt blue decoration; sansui (mountain and water) landscape.

Provenance:

To 1968

John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Taku Oyama kiln site. [1]

From 1968

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

Notes:

[1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

Topic:

Arita ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of John A. Pope

Accession Number:

FSC-P-1543

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/ye3d25aef74-ebbd-449d-ba25-a95746a03264

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-1543