Medium:

Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze; gold lacquer repairs

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.4 × 7.1 cm (3 5/16 × 2 13/16 in)

Style:

Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Cylindrical cup. Gold lacquer repairs.

Clay: soft, white. Buff on surface.

Glaze: lustrous cream, colsely crackled.

Slight iridescence. Inside, stained by tea.

Decoration: modeled in low relief. Chinese children at play.

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. 448, 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:

Tea for...Everyone: Popular Ceramics for Drinking Tea in Japan (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

Previous custodian or owner:

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1899.86

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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