Stoneware with iron pigment under clear glaze; lacquer inscription
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 2.8 × 10 cm (1 1/8 × 3 15/16 in)
Style:
Kyoto ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
Date:
1800-1868
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Saucer, five-petaled plum-blossom form
Clay: soft, dense, white.
Glaze: rich cream-white, crackled.
Decoration: in brown and black underglaze iron. Twenty-character chinese poem around rim.
Seal. Awata Taizan, in rectangular frame. Character kan [Jpn] (cold) written in lacquer on base.
Marks:
Seal. Awata Taizan, in rectangular frame. Character kan [Jpn] (cold) written in lacquer on base.
Provenance:
To 1901
Yamanaka & Company, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1062, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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)
