Porcelain with transparent glaze; gold lacquer repairs
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 7.5 × 16.7 cm (2 15/16 × 6 9/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea
Date:
end of 16th-early 17th century
Period:
Joseon period
Description:
Large, ovoidal; bold foot. Six spur marks inside and six outside. Gold lacquer repairs.
Clay: hard, dense, gray; porcelain.
Glaze: rich cream-white, with area of faint bluish tinge.
Label:
Thick, imperfectly melted glaze on this bowl creates a varied texture over the roughly trimmed porcelain clay.
Provenance:
Prince of Kaga Collection, Kanazawa, Japan [1]
To 1897
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [2]
From 1897 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] This is one of ten tea bowls (F1897.81 - F1897.90) acquired as a group from the former collection of the "Prince of Kaga." presumably the last head
of the Maeda house, the daimyo family that had served as feudal lords of Kaga Province (now part of Ishikawa prefecture, centering around the castle town of Kanazawa) since the beginning of the 17th century (see Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, 1982, in the object record, as well as F1897.89a-c, Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, September 1982).
[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 683, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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:
Korean Tea Bowls for Japan (July 1, 2012 to August 20, 2013)
An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)
Previous custodian or owner:
Maeda daimyo of Kaga
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
