Medium:

Stoneware with iron wash, white and copper-tinted rice-straw ash glazes

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 16.3 × 9.5 cm (6 7/16 × 3 3/4 in)

Style:

Tokoname ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Tokoname, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Date:

1800-1880

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Faceted sake bottle with pouring spout

Clay: light-weight, hard. Gray: dark brown on surface.

Glaze: thin wash of brown, eccentrically splashed with rich mingled white/green, rice-straw ash glaze and copper-tinted, crackled. Clear ash glaze on interior.

Decoration: in low relief: scattered flowering plants.

Provenance:

To 1901

Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing, Paris in 1901

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 949, 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:

Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1901.70

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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