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Selections from the Margaret Watson Parker Collection

Margaret Watson Parker (1867-1936) was an important donor of Japanese art to the Museum in its formative years. She was an avid collector of prints by James McNeill Whistler when her good friend, Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), introduced her in 1895 to the arts of Japan. Parker visited Japan in 1907, and Freer accompanied her to Japanese collectors, dealers, and artists, from whom she personally purchased most of the decorative arts in her collection.

The series of small containers with black and red lacquer and gold, copper, and silver designs are furnishings for a bridal trousseau in the late Edo period (1615– 1868). Among the upper-class samurai of this period, marriages were negotiated between families and arranged to suit political or economic concerns. Families invested considerable resources in the education and material comfort of their daughters, and lavish bridal trousseaus, once a luxury reserved for daughters of court aristocrats or the most powerful warlords, became a social necessity for any high-ranking samurai family. A standard trousseau would include a custom-made set of over forty items, made of lacquered wood and adorned with the family crests of the bride and groom.

The delicate, thinly potted ceramic wares were made by Seifû Yohei III (1851–1914), one of the most prominent ceramic artists working in Kyoto in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Seifû was known for having mastered an extraordinary range of techniques, including celadon and white porcelain and created exquisite works, such as the white teapot and pitcher with carved dragonfly design.

Seifū Yohei III
Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-485 & 487-488)
porcelain with clear glaze
2 1/4 in. x 5 1/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. ( 5.7 cm x 13 cm x 13 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-484 & 486-488)
porcelain with clear glaze
2 1/4 in. x 5 1/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. ( 5.7 cm x 13 cm x 13 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Vase, shaped like heishi jar, with spread base
porcelain with Hagi-style glaze
10 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. ( 26.7 cm x 14 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Japanese; Seifū Yohei III
Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481 & 483-488)
porcelain with clear glaze
2 1/4 in. x 5 1/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. ( 5.7 cm x 13 cm x 13 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-482 & 484-488)
Porcelain with clear glaze
2 1/4 in. x 5 1/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. ( 5.7 cm x 13 cm x 13 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Water jar
porcelain with celadon glaze and inlaid white slip design
7 3/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in (18.3 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Ovoid minature vase with black glaze
Stoneware with blue-black glaze
3 1/2 in. x 2 15/16 in. x 2 15/16 in. ( 8.9 cm x 7.4 cm x 7.4 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Rectangular covered box with hand-painted chrysanthemum painting
Porcelain with crackled clear glaze and overglaze white and iron slip painting
5 1/2 in. x 3 3/4 in. x 2 1/2 in. ( 14 cm x 9.5 cm x 6.4 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Hen-shaped covered box
porcelain with clear glaze
1 11/16 in. x 1 5/16 in. x 2 5/16 in. ( 4.3 cm x 3.4 cm x 5.8 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Narrow-necked vase with crackled celadon glaze
stoneware with celadon glaze
3 1/8 in. x 2 5/16 in. x 2 5/16 in. ( 7.9 cm x 5.8 cm x 5.8 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Duck-shaped covered box
porcelain with clear glaze
1 9/16 in. x 1 7/16 in. x 3 1/16 in. ( 4 cm x 3.6 cm x 7.8 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Seifū Yohei III
Incense burner
porcelain with crackled glaze and white Kesshô overglaze painting
2 in. x 3 1/2 in. ( 5.1 cm x 8.9 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

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<p>The Human Figure in African Art</p>

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<p>African Miniature Masks</p>

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<p>African Masks and Masquerades</p>

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<p>The Head in African Art</p>

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<p>Selections from the Helmut Stern Collection</p>

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