Artist:

Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)  Search this

Medium:

Earthenware with black raku glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.7 × 12.5 cm (3 7/16 × 4 15/16 in)

Style:

Raku ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

1605-1637

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Tea-bowl of cylindrical shape, flat cut rim, named Mino-game (long-tailed tortoise).

Clay: coarse dark brown stoneware

Glaze: dark olive green to brown, uneven mat surface

Previous custodian or owner:

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Provenance:

To 1899

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]

From 1899 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 423, 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.

Topic:

Raku ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1899.34a-c

Restrictions & Rights:

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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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