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Medium:
Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 20.3 × 9.6 cm (8 × 3 3/4 in)
Style:
Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Naeshirogawa kilns, Miyama (Naeshirogawa), Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Vase, elongated ovoid; flat recessed foot.
Clay: white stoneware.
Glaze: brilliant cream, speckled with light gray-brown; minute, composite crackle. Iridescent.
Provenance:
To 1896
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]
From 1896 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L.162, 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:
Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  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:
F1895.3
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
On View:
Freer Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network
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Google Cultural Institute
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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/ye39b82d3cb-30e6-45c9-8e64-2537fe06b2ae
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1895.3