Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid with silver knob
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 4 × 5.5 cm (1 9/16 × 2 3/16 in)
Style:
Seto ware or Mino ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Aichi prefecture or Gifu prefecture, Japan
Date:
1615-1624
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Light gray clay. Concentrically trimmed base. Opaque reddish brown iron glaze ("persimmon"), splashed on neck and shoulder with ash glaze ranging from translucent yellow to dark brown. Inside unglazed.
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.
