Medium:

Stoneware with iron pigment and white slip under wood-ash glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 22.2 × 19.4 cm (8 3/4 × 7 5/8 in)

Style:

Maiko ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Jug, large, flat-bottomed; small handle. Pottery stopper, locked. Rumpled surface.

Clay: hard, dense.

Glaze: brilliant, blended browns, yellow, and light olive.

Decoration: pine trees and boat sails in thick white slip under glaze.

Provenance:

1898

Rufus E. Moore, 1898 [1]

From 1898 to 1919

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

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, 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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1898.472a-c

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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