Object Details
- Artist
- Seal of Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77)
- Description
- Clay: hard, fine, grayish-white.
- Glaze: luminous cream, crackled; touches of coral-red and gilding.
- Mark impressed on base.
- Marks
- Mark: Ninsei (small oval seal), impressed on base.
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1308, 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)
- Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (March 8 to October 19, 2008)
- The Tea Ceremony in Japan X (April 3 to November 28, 1999)
- Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)
- Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)
- Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)
- Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)
- Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)
- Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
- Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)
- Japanese Paintings Attributed to Iwasa Matabei (July 1, 1974 to October 1, 1975)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- mid 17th century or later
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1904.203a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Container
- Medium
- Stoneware with enamels over clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8.2 x 7.3 x 5.5 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/16 in)
- Style
- Kyoto ware
- Origin
- Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- enameling
- ceramic
- Kyoto ware
- Omuro ware
- rabbit
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- incense
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.203a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30039184b-70e4-4137-a195-75167091d187
