Artist:

False seal of Raku Tannyu (1795-1854)  Search this

Medium:

Earthenware with copper-green lead glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 22.6 × 12.4 cm (8 7/8 × 4 7/8 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Cylindrical vase or water jar, style of Iga ware. Brown lacquer cover.

Clay: hard, gray-white. Raku type.

Glaze: dark green, mottled with black. Copper-green lead glaze.

Decoration: incised in paste.

Mark: Raku (false seal of Raku Tannyu)

Marks:

Mark: Raku (false seal of Raku Tannyu)

Provenance:

To 1901

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1]

See Pottery List, L. 1004, 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:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Raku ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

water  Search this

Japan  Search this

earthenware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1901.116a-b

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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