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Medium:
Stoneware with iron glazes; ivory lid
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 8.7 × 7.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 15/16 in)
Style:
Seto ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Heiji kiln or related kiln, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
Date:
1625-1675
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Tea caddy (chaire 茶入)
Ivory cover.
Clay: hard, grayish. String-cut foot, beveled base.
Glaze: iron glaze, glossy and translucent; panel of amber-yellow ash glaze on front. Interior glazed.
Provenance:
1901
Rufus E. Moore, 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] 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
Previous custodian or owner:
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
ivory  Search this
Seto ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
tea  Search this
Japan  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1901.104a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d79013c8-1ed2-414f-a44c-90cdad471737
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.104a-b