Stoneware with brown slip under accidental wood-ash glaze; lacquered wooden lid
Dimensions:
H x W: 16.8 x 20.1 cm (6 5/8 x 7 15/16 in)
Style:
Bizen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Imbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan
Date:
1625-1650
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Clay: gray stoneware, very hard.
Glaze: mottled dark brown and yellow with much gravel and slag adhering.
Mark: incised on base.
Marks:
Mark: incised on base.
Provenance:
To 1900
Yamanaka & Company, 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. 64, 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:
Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)
Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
The Potter's Mark: Tea Ceramics and Their Makers (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)
Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)
The Tea Ceremony in Japan X (April 3 to November 28, 1999)
Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)
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)
