Tea bowl, Gohon type (Gohon chawan). Foot, two steps retired. Gold lacquer repair. Two vertical slashes, one indentation in wall.
Clay: coarse, reddish-brown, flecks of white grog.
Glaze: thin, lustrous, clear glaze, closely flecked with black. Milky white glaze applied around rim, dripping irregularly down walls. Two horizontal stripes on white slip.
Mark: Asahi, without frame, impressed on inside of footrim to left.
Marks:
Asahi, without frame, impressed on inside of footrim to left
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. 803, 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.
