Stoneware with iron pigment under clear glaze and with copper-green glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 8.9 × 12.3 cm (3 1/2 × 4 13/16 in)
Style:
Seto ware, Revival Oribe type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
Date:
1800-1868
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Buff clay, stained beneath glaze. On outside, underglaze iron painted decoration (which appears gray) of plovers in a "fishnet" lattice. Clear glaze, slightly underfired, crackled, partially wiped off base; narrow panel of copper-green ash glaze on outside, overlapping rim.
Provenance:
To 1899
Yamanaka & Company, to 1899 [1]
From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 631, 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)
