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Medium:
Stoneware with rice-straw-ash and iron glazes; ivory lid
Dimensions:
H x Diam (assembled): 11.5 × 5.9 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/16 in)
Style:
Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Tateno kiln group, Uto or Osato kiln, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date:
circa 1604-1613
Period:
Momoyama period
Description:
Tea caddy. Tall, slender. Ivory cover. String cut base.
Clay: dense, hard, grayish. dark reddish-brown on surface.
Glaze: Iron glaze over opaque white glaze. Interior unglazed.
Weight: 183.3 grams.
Provenance:
To 1901
Yamanaka & Company, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1027, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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
Exhibition History:
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
ivory  Search this
Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type  Search this
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)  Search this
tea  Search this
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Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1901.137a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34f9a31b7-0555-4d75-9ea0-214761e3e17e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.137a-b