Artist:

Doraku  Search this

Medium:

Raku-type clay with Black Raku glaze; gold lacquer repairs

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 13.4 × 12 cm (5 1/4 × 4 3/4 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto or Sakai, Japan

Date:

17th or 19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Raku type ware, unknown kiln.

Tea-bowl, very deep cylindrical; low foot. Gold lacquer repairs.

Clay: soft, dense, grayish.

Glaze: brilliant thick black, revealing yellow under.

Inscription incised in paste.

Inscriptions:

The inscription incised in the side of the bowl under the black glaze appears to read:

Yamagami-ko no mei ni yori Doraku saku

[JPN]

Made by Doraku upon order of Lord Yamagami

Provenance:

To 1894

Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1894 [1]

From 1894 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1894 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 304, 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)

Topic:

lacquer  Search this

ceramic  Search this

Raku ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

lacquer repair  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1894.16

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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