Individual serving dish with fluted foliate rim

Light gray clay. Three flat loop feet, unglazed on bottoms. Central design in bottom of grasses painted in underglaze iron, with abstract motifs around cavetto and rim. White feldspathic glaze, appearing coral pink where thin. Four medium-sized spur marks (one probably accidental) in bottom.

Historical period(s)
Showa era, ca. 1950
Medium
Stoneware with iron pigment under feldspathic glaze
Style
Mino ware, Decorated Shino type
Dimensions
H x W x D: 5.3 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm (2 1/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in)
Geography
Japan, Gifu prefecture
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1962.25
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Individual serving dish (mukozuke)

Keywords
Japan, Mino ware, Shino type, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), stoneware
Provenance

To 1962
N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [1]

From 1962
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

N.V. Hammer, Inc.

Description

Light gray clay. Three flat loop feet, unglazed on bottoms. Central design in bottom of grasses painted in underglaze iron, with abstract motifs around cavetto and rim. White feldspathic glaze, appearing coral pink where thin. Four medium-sized spur marks (one probably accidental) in bottom.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 143.
  • Louise Allison Cort. Seto and Mino Ceramics. Washington and Honolulu, 1992. cat. 25, p. 25.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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