Medium:

Stoneware with iron decoration under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 16.2 x 8.3 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in)

Style:

Kyoto ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

17th - mid 18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Clay: dense, brownish-gray.

Glaze: closely crackled clear glaze.

Decoration: painted in brown under glaze. Inscriptions, part of decoration.

Provenance:

To 1901

Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York, NY, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1901 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 964, 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:

Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

Previous custodian or owner:

Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1901.95

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