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Medium:
Stoneware with cream-colored glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 7.5 × 14.7 cm (2 15/16 × 5 13/16 in)
Style:
Hagi ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Tea bowl in shape of Korean Ido tea bowl.
Clay: hard, grayish.
Glaze: luminous dark-cream, minutely crackled; irregular markings of thick white under glaze on outside.
Provenance:
To 1898
Yamanaka & Company, 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. 574, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
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Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
tea  Search this
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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.89
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye316a18c18-538b-48fb-bb65-280e7397c6f4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.89