Object details
Object number
CR34n28.1-2
Creator(s)
Miura Ken'ya
(Edo, 1821 - 1889)
Title
Two Tea Cups (Cha-wan)
Date
1821-1889
Medium
Glazed ceramic
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.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in glazing (base): Ken'ya
Dimensions
7 cm (2 3/4 in.) diameter
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.
Gallery
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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