Artist:

Takahashi Rakusai IV 高橋楽斎 IV (born 1925)  Search this

Medium:

Stoneware with natural ash glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam (tea caddy overall): 8 × 6.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 9/16 in)

Diam (tea caddy foot): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in)

Diam (tea caddy mouth): 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in)

Diam (mouth interior): 2.5 cm (1 in)

Style:

Shigaraki ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1976-1978

Period:

Showa era

Provenance:

To 1983

Masudaya, Akasaka, Tokyo [1]

From 1983 to 2019

Gregory Kinsey, Lynn Haven, FL, purchased from Masudaya on January 11, 1983 [2]

From 2019

Freer Study Collection, gift of Gregory Kinsey, Lynn Haven, FL [3]

Notes:

[1] See purchase receipt, object file, Collections Management.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Masudaya 益田屋

Gregory Kinsey

Topic:

Shigaraki ware  Search this

Showa era (1926 - 1989)  Search this

Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

tea ceremony  Search this

The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection  Search this

Credit Line:

The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

Accession Number:

FSC-P-6999a-g

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

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/ye394dc4159-4408-4418-8501-930af500a209

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-6999a-g