Medium:

Stoneware with iron glazes

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 37.5 × 21.2 cm (14 3/4 × 8 3/8 in)

Style:

Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Ryumonji kilns, Kajiki, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

Date:

17th-18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Tall, inverted pear-shape; flaring at foot. Cf. F1902.272

Clay: hard, light gray.

Glaze: luminous aubergine, mottled with copper-brown; overflow of light yellow-green, splashed with brilliant black.

Provenance:

To 1896

Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1896 [1]

From 1896 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1896 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

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

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries (March 2 to 21, 1914)

Previous custodian or owner:

Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1896.34

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

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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/ye3a328827e-2b87-4faf-a63b-e3b47a3c3df2

EDAN-URL:

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