Tea Caddy
maker
Yü Hao-sung
(Chinese, 1700 - 1799)
Dateabout 1700
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumPewter
Dimensions9.7 x 7.7 cm (3 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM17e140.a-b
eMuseum ID726983
Previous NumberM17e140
EmbARK ObjectID17012
TMS Source ID5335
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesLeonard & Co. Catalogue of the Rare Objects in Wood, Pewter and Brass Illustrating the Art of Old Japan to be sold at unrestricted public sale by order of Mr. Bunkio Matsuki (Boston, 9-11 November 1903), p. 22, lot 151. (as Japanese, dated 1700)
MarksNotesIncised (side): With its note the reed-pipe seems to have emitted the moon over the mountain summit; [...] by Hsien-tsu [translation from Chinese]
Inscribed (side): Yu Hao-sung tsao [translation: made by Yü Hao-sung]
Inscribed on self-adhesive label (bottom): 1/2620 (?) [lot number(?)]
Inscribed on self-adhesive label (bottom): 151, 105 [lot numbers (?)]
Inscribed (side): Yu Hao-sung tsao [translation: made by Yü Hao-sung]
Inscribed on self-adhesive label (bottom): 1/2620 (?) [lot number(?)]
Inscribed on self-adhesive label (bottom): 151, 105 [lot numbers (?)]
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Japanses art dealer Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston through the auctioneers Leonard & Co. at Copley Hall, Boston on 9-11 November 1903, lot 151.
