Banko ware serving dish with design of bird and hydrangea

Clay: buff stoneware fired reddish on footrim.
Glaze: light tan, crackled.
Decoration: overglaze enamels, bird on a hydrangea branch; red “dewdrop” pattern on rim, red lines and clouds on handle.
Mark: impressed on unglazed base: Banko.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1740-1799
Medium
Stoneware with cream-colored glaze and enamels over glaze
Style
Banko ware
Dimensions
H x W: 14.3 x 23.2 cm (5 5/8 x 9 1/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Mie prefecture, Kuwana
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1967.22
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Serving dish (tebachi)

Keywords
Banko ware, bird, Edo period (1615 - 1868), flower, Japan, stoneware
Provenance

To ?
Okabe Collection. [1]

To 1967
N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [2]

From 1967
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [3]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

[2] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

N.V. Hammer, Inc.
Okabe

Description

Clay: buff stoneware fired reddish on footrim.
Glaze: light tan, crackled.
Decoration: overglaze enamels, bird on a hydrangea branch; red "dewdrop" pattern on rim, red lines and clouds on handle.
Mark: impressed on unglazed base: Banko.

Marking(s)

1. (unattributed, undated) "Banko" impressed on unglazed base.

Published References
  • Sekai toji zenshu [Catalogue of the World's Ceramics]. 16 vols, Tokyo, 1955-1958. vol. 5: p. 281, pl. 18.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 60.
  • Mizuoka Tadanari. Ceramic Art of Japan. Tourist Library, no. 8 Tokyo. cover.
  • Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 127, vol. 2: p. 183.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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