H x W x D: 24.5 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in)
Style:
Arita ware, Kakiemon type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
Date:
1670-1700
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Clay: porcelain, fine, white
Glaze: transparent, colorless
Decoration: in overglaze enamels only -- red, yellow, blue and green -- with outlines either in black or in red. Red zigzag motif on the slightly conical neck. Blue and green petal pattern outlined in black on shoulder. Single or double red lines defining edge of neck, join of neck and shoulder, lower edge of shoulder pattern, base. Large major motifs of chrysanthemum plant in full bloom above a rock on one side, phoenix seated in a blooming prunus tree on the other, the extended branches of the two plants nearly touching.
Mark: none
Provenance:
To 1960
K.J. Hewett, London [1]
From 1960 to 1982
John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC [2]
From 1982 to 1990
Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington DC, ownership transferred to Mrs. Pope after the death of her husband, John A. Pope [3]
From 1990
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington DC [4]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1.
[4] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.