Medium:

Stoneware with iron glaze; metal rim

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 6 × 13.4 cm (2 3/8 × 5 1/4 in)

Style:

Kyoto-related ware or Agano ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kansai region or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 18th-19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Temmoku tea bowl. Silver rim.

Clay: hard, ringing, grayish.

Glaze: lustrous pinkish-yellow; over-flow of gray-white. Double crackle.

Provenance:

To 1898

Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 395, 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:

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Agano ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

brown and black glaze  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Kyoto-related ware  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1898.134

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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