Stack of three rice bowls, fused together on wad of course white clay

Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, 1846-1880
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt underglaze
Style
Satsuma ware
Geography
Japan, Kagoshima province, Naeshirogawa, Nankin kiln waste heap
Credit Line
Gift of Leila Philip
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-3476
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic
Type

Waster

Keywords
cobalt pigment, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, porcelain, rice, Satsuma ware
Provenance

To 1986
Leila Philip, collected from Nankin kiln waste heap, Naeshirogawa, Japan. [1]

From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Leila Philip. [2]

Notes:

[1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

[2] See object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Leila Philip born 1961

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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