Medium:

Stoneware with overfired iron glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 7 × 12.4 cm (2 3/4 × 4 7/8 in)

Style:

Kyoto ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Japan

Date:

1800-1880

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Clay: hard, grayish. Dark gray on surface.

Glaze: chocolate brown; greenish-black overflow. Overfired iron glaze.

Provenance:

To 1898

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 585, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

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Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1898.514

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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