Vase
Label Text
This Meiji era vase is attributed to the Japanese artist Kinkozan Sobei VI. The artist's mark is impressed on the base of the vessel. Ceramics coming out of the Kinkozan workshop are characterized by a style of overglaze enamel decoration, and on this vase, that method produces a blue lava-like effect flowing from the mouth of the flattened rim. The vessel's body is a dimpled copper brown. Freer bought this namban style vase from Yamanaka and Company in 1901.
Object Name
Vase
Ware
Kinkozan ware
Dated
circa 1870-1880
Period
Meiji era
Medium
Stoneware with iron and cobalt glazes
Dimensions
HxW: 19.0 x 10.9 cm
Locale
Awata district
City
Kyoto
Country
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Iteration
2
Shelf Number
124
Wall
South
Artist
Kinkozan Sobei VI (1824 - 1884)
Title
Vase
Object Number
F1901.146a-b
Freer Source
Yamanaka and Co.
Freer Source City
New York
Freer Source State
New York
Freer Source Country
United States
Image
http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1901.146a-b.jpg
Collection
Citation
Kinkozan Sobei VI (1824 - 1884), "Vase," in The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Accession No. F1901.146a-b, Item #3264, http://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3264 (accessed April 20, 2024).
