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Description:: Bottle, large globular; depressed base.; Clay: dense, white, soft.; Glaze: white slip covering entire body and base, under clear glaze, minutely crackled, discolored, and scratched.

Provenance:: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]; To 1900; Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]; From 1900 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in November 1900 [3]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]; Notes:; [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.; [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 757, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [3] See note 2.; [4] 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.

Exhibition History:: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing); The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019); The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

Previous custodian or owner:: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900); Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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