Object details
Accession number
CR34n28.1-2
Primary Creator
Miura Ken'ya
(Edo, 1821 - 1889)
Full title
Two Tea Cups (Cha-wan)
Creation Date
1821-1889
Provenance
Gift from Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913), Japanese art historian and philosopher, to Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), art collector and design theorist in 1908.
Gift from Denman Ross to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 27 August 1916.
Marks
Inscribed in glazing (base): Ken'ya
Dimensions
7 cm (2 3/4 in.) diameter
Display Media
Glazed ceramic
Dimension Notes
diameters
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chinese Room
Bibliography
William Thrasher and Caroline Graboys. "The Beginnings of Chanoyu in America." Chanoyu Quarterly (1984), pp. 32-33. (as attributed to Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743))
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 35-36, 393, 410-11, 415, 418, fig. 1. (as attributed to Miura Ken'ya (1821-1889))
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