Kenzan-style brazier tile with design of winter landscape

Plaque (Shiki-ita), flat circular. Cord attached.
Clay: hard, dense stoneware.
Glaze: transparent; dark gray; lighter gray overflow.
Decoration: in green-brown iron pigment and grayish-white slip, under glaze. Landscape.
Signature, seal.

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Maker(s)
Artist: Imitation of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) Kyoto workshop
Historical period(s)
Meiji era, late 19th century
Medium
Brown clay; white slip, cobalt and iron pigments under transparent glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 1.9 Ɨ 25.7 cm (3/4 Ɨ 10 1/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1901.194
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Furniture and Furnishing
Type

Brazier tile

Keywords
Japan, landscape, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), winter
Provenance

1901
Rufus E. Moore, 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1901 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, 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)

Rufus E. Moore (C.L. Freer source) 1840-1918
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Plaque (Shiki-ita), flat circular. Cord attached.
Clay: hard, dense stoneware.
Glaze: transparent; dark gray; lighter gray overflow.
Decoration: in green-brown iron pigment and grayish-white slip, under glaze. Landscape.
Signature, seal.

Published References
  • Richard L. Wilson. The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics. Exh. cat. Washington. cat. 8, p. 69.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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