Object Details
- Description
- Dish, oval; high, deep foot. Molded in form of spray of cherry blossoms.
- Clay: hard, fine. Porcelain.
- Glaze: transparent, slightly bluish.
- Decoration: blue-green, red, and yellow enamels; dark blue under glaze on foot, rendering blade pattern.
- Inscriptions
- The small ceramic plates F1907.528-532 were purchased as a set that had been put together in Japan. On the interior of the lid for the box that contained them was the following inscription:
- Toriawase mukozuke sara [Jpn] "Assembled side dish plates" followed by identification of the five plates. This plate was identified as:
- Nabeshima-yaki sakura moyo [Jpn] "Nabeshima ware cherry design"
- Kato-ke chinpo no uchi [Jpn] "One of the treasures of the Kato house"
- Kato-ke chinpo no uchi [Jpn] "One of the treasures of the Kato house"
- Provenance
- Kato family, Japan [1]
- To 1907
- Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [2]
- From 1907 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to F1907.530, Curatorial Remark 7, L.A. Cort, 1982, in the object record (and quoting from the "Boxed In" exhibition label): "The lid of the box containing this charming mixed set of five small plates relates that they were assembled by one Kato, possibly as early as the 18th century, and treasured by his heirs." That inscription states that this object was "One of the treasures of the Kato house" (see Curatorial Remark 6, L.A. Cort, 1982, in the object record).
- [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1580, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] 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
- The Arts of Japan (July 14, 2012 to January 13, 2013)
- Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
- Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
- Dinner for Five: Japanese Serving Dishes for Elegant Meals (March 4 to October 21, 2001)
- Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)
- Varieties of 17th-Century Arita Porcelain (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)
- Boxed In: Japanese Ceramics and Their Storage Boxes (September 23, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
- Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)
- Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)
- Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)
- 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)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Kato Family
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1647-1670
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1907.532
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Molded porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze, enamels over the glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3.6 x 16.7 x 13.2 cm (1 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 5 3/16 in)
- Style
- Arita ware, Nabeshima type
- Origin
- Imari, Saga prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Arita ware, Nabeshima type
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- cherry blossom
- Japan
- porcelain
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.532
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3947aa55b-7d77-4528-a07a-a44cb7087a31
