Two Tea Cups (Cha-wan)

maker Miura Ken'ya (Edo, 1821 - 1889)

Date1821-1889

Place MadeJapan, East Asia

MediumGlazed ceramic

Dimensions7 cm (2 3/4 in.) diameter

ClassificationsVessels

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberCR34n28.1-2

eMuseum ID727945

Previous NumberCR34n27.1-2

Previous NumberC131-6b, c

EmbARK ObjectID15700

TMS Source ID4240

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella 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.

BibliographyNotesWilliam 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))

MarksNotesInscribed in glazing (base): Ken'ya

ProvenanceNotesGift 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.