Miura Ken'ya - Two Tea Cups (Cha-wan), 1821-1889

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(Edo, 1821 - 1889)

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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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.