Medium:

White stoneware with clear glaze; silver lid and cover on spout

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 13.1 x 9.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/8 in)

Style:

Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Hiyamizu kiln, Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

Date:

second half of 17th-18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Wine-pot, ovoidal; bell-shaped upper portion. Silver cap on spout. Silver cover.

Clay: hard, grayish.

Glaze: brilliant cream, crackled.

Provenance:

To 1893

Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1893 [1]

From 1893 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1893 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 261, 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:

Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1893.8a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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