Medium:

Stoneware with iron glaze; Japanese wooden stopper

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 6.9 × 4.9 cm (2 11/16 × 1 15/16 in)

Style:

Sawankhalok ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Ban Ko Noi kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

Date:

15th-16th century

Period:

Ayutthaya period

Description:

Clay: light brown stoneware

Glaze: uneven glossy brown; most of lower half of body unglazed and darkened with an iron wash

Provenance:

To 1901

Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Japanese Trading 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. 969, 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

Exhibition History:

The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

Previous custodian or owner:

Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

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Thailand  Search this

Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Southeast Asian Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1901.86a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

F|S Southeast Asia

Google Cultural Institute

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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

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