Medium:

Stoneware, marbelized, under clear glaze; wooden stopper

Dimensions:

H x W: 13.3 x 13.4 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in)

Style:

Agano ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Sarayama Hongama kiln, Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Bottle; six-lobed, with hexagonal shoulder; molded. Wood stopper.

Clay: hard, buff, marbled with brown. Base brown.

Glaze: transparent yellow.

Provenance:

To 1902

John Sparks (1854-1914), London, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John Sparks in 1902 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1163, 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:

John Sparks (1854-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.182a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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