Medium:

Stoneware with slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.9 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in)

Style:

Arita ware, totai sometsuke type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1660-1680

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Tea bowl; inverted bell-shape; deep foot. Gold lacquer repairs.

Clay: hard, grayish.

Glaze: crackled in brown; somewhat pitted.

Decoration: landscape design in dark blue under glaze.

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. 461, 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:

Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1896.59

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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