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Catalog Data

Medium:
Stoneware with white slip under copper-green glaze, partially reduced to red; gold lacquer repairs
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 24.8 × 11.1 cm (9 3/4 × 4 3/8 in)
Style:
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware or Seto-related ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Japan or China
Date:
1700-1868
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Vase in shape of fulling block (kinuta hanaire 砧花入)
Lacquer repairs on rim.
Clay: hard, dense, gray, reddish on surface.
Glaze: brilliant copper-green, crackled, with areas of reduced red. Applied over white slip.
Provenance:
To 1907
Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1570, 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:
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
Shiwan ware  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
lacquer repair  Search this
Seto-related ware  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1907.92
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye371706db5-0ce1-4d74-9c97-bd6e4f0e895d
EDAN-URL:
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