Artist:

False signature of Katagiri Katsumoto 片桐且元 (1556-1615)  Search this

Medium:

Earthenware with lead glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 5.2 × 11.4 cm (2 1/16 × 4 1/2 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Signature of Katagiri Katsumoto (1556-1615)

Bowl, low ovoidal; recessed foot. Hand modeled; exterior covered with incised lines.

Clay: dense, gray. Raku type.

Glaze: thin, dark-green. Copper-green lead glaze.

Decoration: Kiri crest in relief.

Inscription: Katagiri Higashi-no-ichi-no-kami...Katsumoto saku [CHN]

Inscriptions:

Inscription: Katagiri Higashi-no-ichi-no-kami...Katsumoto saku [CHN]

Provenance:

To 1901

R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner in 1901 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 872, 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:

R. Wagner (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Raku ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

Japan  Search this

earthenware  Search this

lead glaze  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1901.31

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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