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Catalog Data

Medium:
Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze and trails of wood-ash glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 24.3 × 19.6 cm (9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in)
Style:
Agano ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Date:
1750-1810
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Jar, ovoidal; flat recessed base; flat unglazed lip; neck broken and repaired.
Clay: coarse, fired reddish-brown.
Glaze: mottled gray, crackled, milky purplish overflow.
Decoration: none.
Provenance:
To 1892
Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1892 [1]
From 1892 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1892 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 12, 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
Exhibition History:
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
Previous custodian or owner:
Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Agano ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1892.30
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
On View:
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
The Story of the Beautiful
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3987e423a-233f-41aa-91b0-8b794740b5db
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1892.30