Stoneware with translucent glaze; lacquered wooden lid
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 14.1 × 20.1 cm (5 9/16 × 7 15/16 in)
Style:
Busan ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Wakan (Waegwan) kiln, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea
Date:
17th century
Period:
Joseon period
Description:
Cylindrical with slightly flattened sides; deep flanged lip. Lacquer repairs.Lacquer cover.
Clay: hard, fawn-colored.
Glaze: lustrous cream and gray, tinted with pink; finely crackled.
Decoration: simple incised designs on lip.
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] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 113, 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
Exhibition History:
The Tea Ceremony in Japan X (April 3 to November 28, 1999)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
