Medium:

Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.1 × 6.6 cm (3 3/16 × 2 5/8 in)

Style:

Seto ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Date:

1615-1647

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Tea caddy (chaire). Ivory cover.

Clay: hard, grayish. String-cut base.

Glaze: lustrous black, lightly splashed with greenish-yellow. Interior unglazed.

Weight: 167.52 grams.

Provenance:

To 1898

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 737, 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:

Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

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:

F1898.460a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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