Medium:

Stoneware with slip glaze and wood ash

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 4.1 × 7.9 cm (1 5/8 × 3 1/8 in)

Style:

Bizen ware, Imbe type

Type:

Container

Origin:

Imbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan

Date:

early to mid 19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Covered box, flattened, circular.

Provenance:

To 1899

Yamanaka & Company, New York 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. 279, 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:

Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)

Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

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:

F1899.51a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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