Object Details
- Description
- Blue-and-white; Small bowl fragment (base).
- Clay: porcelain.
- Glaze: clear glaze on the exterior, thickly applied that has crawled in several places, with cobalt pigment applied underneath.
- Decoration: cobalt blue decoration, banded floral motif and a double band around the foot on the exterior.
- Provenance
- To 1968
- John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Hyakken kiln site. [1]
- From 1968
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1610-1659
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- W: 10.2 cm (4 in)
- Style
- Arita ware
- Type
- Vessel
