- Provenance
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To 1893
Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1893 [1]From 1893 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1893 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 300, 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)
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Takayanagi Tozo (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Tea-bowl, ovoidal; deep flaring foot, notched.
Clay: hard, dense, whitish.
Glaze: lustrous warm cream, finely crackled.
Decorations: floral, enameled in colors and gold, over glaze.
Seal: Mimpei.
- Marking(s)
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Seal: Mimpei
- Label
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The flowering autumnal plants on this tea bowl continue an ancient motif favored on enamel decorated Kyoto and Kyoto-style ceramics, as well as on decorated lacquer and textiles. The decorator was skilled at naturalistic rendering of the chrysanthemums, pampas grass, and other plants.
- Published References
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- , no. 39 Lexington, Massachusetts, 2018. p. 138, fig. 8.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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