Mino ware bowl with pedestal foot, Oribe style

Light gray clay.
Underglaze painted decoration in two tones of iron pigment; on inside, blossoming plum branch; on outside, two sprays of leaves.
Clear glaze, glossy, crackled, and of even thickness; fingerprints in glaze around lower edge of body; foot entirely glazed. Thick dribbles of copper-tinted green ash glaze applied to rim and inside.
Gold lacquer repairs on rim, body, and foot.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1620-1630
Medium
Stoneware with copper-green glaze and iron pigment under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs
Style
Mino ware, Oribe type
Dimensions
H x Diam: 8.6 × 14.6 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/4 in)
Geography
Japan, Gifu prefecture, Kani city, Kukuri village, Yashichida kiln, Ogaya kiln group
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1896.88
On View Location
Freer Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Individual serving bowl (mukozuke)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, lacquer repair, Mino ware, Oribe type, stoneware
Provenance

To 1896
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]

From 1896 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 477, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source) 1917-1965

Description

Light gray clay.
Underglaze painted decoration in two tones of iron pigment; on inside, blossoming plum branch; on outside, two sprays of leaves.
Clear glaze, glossy, crackled, and of even thickness; fingerprints in glaze around lower edge of body; foot entirely glazed. Thick dribbles of copper-tinted green ash glaze applied to rim and inside.
Gold lacquer repairs on rim, body, and foot.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort. Seto and Mino Ceramics. Washington and Honolulu, 1992. pp. 30, 112, fig. 30.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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