Medium:

Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8 × 12.4 cm (3 1/8 × 4 7/8 in)

Style:

Arita ware, totai sometsuke type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1660-1700

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Clay: grayish stoneware fired red.

Glaze: tan with dark grayish areas, crackled.

Decoration: flower sprays, rock and butterflies in underglaze blue.

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. 806, 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:

Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)

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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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.92

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f24a58bd-fa87-4d0b-9809-59b7bb94a7b6

EDAN-URL:

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