Medium:

Stoneware with Shino-type glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 41.9 × 40.9 cm (16 1/2 × 16 1/8 in)

Style:

Seto ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Date:

1800-1868

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Light gray clay. Thick, creamy white feldspathic glaze, dipped and ladled in multiple layers, crackled. Glaze partially wiped off base; on base, scars from gravel used for stacking.

Provenance:

To 1900

Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1900 [1]

From 1900 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1900 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 3, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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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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