Stoneware with white slip under cobalt- and copper-tinted clear glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 7.4 × 12.7 cm (2 15/16 × 5 in)
Style:
Iga ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Mie prefecture, Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Clay: coarse, hard, medium brown with coarse quartz inclusions.
Glaze: white slip brushed onto interior and exterior, under clear glaze tinted with copper and cobalt.
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. See also, Curatorial Remark 6, an Envelope File note, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record.
[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 807, 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:
Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)
Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
The Tea Ceremony in Japan XII (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)
