Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 5.8 × 16.7 cm (2 5/16 × 6 9/16 in)
Style:
Seto ware Genpin type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
Date:
1800-1868
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Buff clay; three bloats in wall. White slip, irregularly stained. Underglaze iron painted decoration. Clear glaze. Five small spur marks in bottom. Slip and glaze inside foot. Inscriptions on base.
Inscriptions:
Written in underglaze iron: character "eki" in bottom and "Chin Genpin" (followed by cipher) on outside below rim.
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 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. 799, 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.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)
