Kenzan-style Black Raku tea bowl with design of mountain retreat

Tea bowl, cylindrical, low foot.
Clay: low-fired earthenware.
Glaze: Black Raku; orange peel surface.
Decoration: incised through white slip, details in cobalt pigment.

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Maker(s)
Artist: Ogata Ihachi (Kyoto Kenzan II) (active 1720-1760)
Historical period(s)
Edo period, mid-18th century
Medium
Earthenware with Black Raku glaze, white slip, iron and cobalt pigments under clear lead glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 7.2 Ɨ 9 cm (2 13/16 Ɨ 3 9/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.53
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea bowl

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, mountain, tea
Provenance

To 1902
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1902 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1117, 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
Bunkio Matsuki (C.L. Freer source) 1867-1940

Description

Tea bowl, cylindrical, low foot.
Clay: low-fired earthenware.
Glaze: Black Raku; orange peel surface.
Decoration: incised through white slip, details in cobalt pigment.

Published References
  • Richard L. Wilson. The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics. Exh. cat. Washington. cat. 73, p. 162.
  • Louise Allison Cort. The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics. Watertown, Massachusetts, Autumn 2002. p. 171.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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