Karatsu ware serving dish

Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type, mishima Karatsu style.

Wheel-thrown dish; carved footring; decoration painted with white slip and iron or incised and stamped and inlaid with white slip.

In center, two facing cranes painted with white slip, details painted in black iron pigment. Surrounded by radiating bands of stamped decoration filled with white slip. In bottom: full-face plum blossoms; full-face aster blossoms; zigzag stripes. On side (both inside and out): net-like lattice. On everted rim: full-face aster blossoms, broken in two places by geometric patterns.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1620-1650
Medium
Stoneware with iron pigment and white slip painted and inlaid under clear glaze
Style
Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
Dimensions
H x W x D: 10 x 40.5 x 40.5 cm (3 15/16 x 15 15/16 x 15 15/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Takeo city, Shirakibaru or Kamanokashira kilns
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1992.50
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
crane, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type, stoneware
Provenance

1990
Christie's, London, March 21-22, 1990, lot no. 137 [1]

To 1992
Andy Saylor, Richmond, Virginia, to 1992 [2]

From 1992
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Andy Saylor in 1992

Notes:

[1] According to the Christie's catalog, this object appeared in the March 21-22 auction, but was not sold (see Curatorial Note 7, Louise Cort, May 22, 2004, in the object record).

[2] According to information in the object record, Andy Saylor purchased the object at an estate auction, with information that the dish had been purchased in Japan during the 1950s (see Curatorial Note 7, A. Saylor, November 11, 1991, in the object record).

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Andy Saylor

Description

Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type, mishima Karatsu style.

Wheel-thrown dish; carved footring; decoration painted with white slip and iron or incised and stamped and inlaid with white slip.

In center, two facing cranes painted with white slip, details painted in black iron pigment. Surrounded by radiating bands of stamped decoration filled with white slip. In bottom: full-face plum blossoms; full-face aster blossoms; zigzag stripes. On side (both inside and out): net-like lattice. On everted rim: full-face aster blossoms, broken in two places by geometric patterns.

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