Plate of the Bizen type
Kitaôji Rosanjin
(Japanese, 1883–1959)
1950s
Medium/TechniqueOne from a set of five; stoneware of the Bizen type
DimensionsCeramics: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession number2014.1554
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceProbably by 1959, N. V. Hammer, Inc., Far Eastern Art, New York [see note]; June 7, 1966, sold by N. V. Hammer to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of their sale, these plates were exhibited at Nippon Club, New York, March 1959.
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of their sale, these plates were exhibited at Nippon Club, New York, March 1959.
