Porcelain Bowl, Ladle, and Wine Glass on Lacquer Tray; Calendar for 1808 – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Porcelain Bowl, Ladle, and Wine Glass on Lacquer Tray; Calendar for 1808

Porcelain Bowl, Ladle, and Wine Glass on Lacquer Tray; Calendar for 1808

碗に杓子とガラス　（絵暦）

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)

Japanese

Edo period

1808 (Kyôwa 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13 x 18 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number53.2664

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionCalendar numbers for the short months on the bowl.

Signed Hokkei ga
北渓画

ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)