Medium:

Raku-type clay with Black Raku glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.1 × 11.5 cm (3 3/16 × 4 1/2 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Tea bowl, ovoidal; low foot. Named "Omokage" (Memory)

Clay: Raku (Clay not visible)

Glaze: luminous, mottled reddish-brown; deep-toned iridescence.

Three spur marks on foot, with intermittent flattened areas glazed over. Tong mark on wall.

Provenance:

To 1898

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 444, 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:

Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea (December 9, 2023 - ongoing)

Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

Previous custodian or owner:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1898.443

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

On View:

Freer Gallery 20a: Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea

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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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