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Catalog Data

Medium:
Stoneware with white slip inlay and black slip under thin celadon glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 5.2 × 8.8 cm (2 1/16 × 3 7/16 in)
Style:
Kyoto or Kyoto-related ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Small, ovoidal, with flattened shoulder; low basal ring.
Clay: hard, dense
Glaze: brilliant yellowish-gray with splashes of pale green.
Decoration: incised and inlaid with white; black lines painted - all under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1897
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]
From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 306, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1. This piece appears to have been object no. 1 in the Dana Collection sale catalogue (according to Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record).
[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:
Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)
Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)
Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
Previous custodian or owner:
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Kyoto ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this
incense  Search this
Japan  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Kyoto-related ware  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.37
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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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/ye33360e964-3857-471a-919d-158df478507e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.37