Ryumonji kilns, Kajiki, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date:
17th-18th century
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Cylindrical vase.
Clay: dense, grayish. Brown on surface. String-cut base.
Glaze: brilliant black, splashed with gray-green and olive flecked with brown. Donko glaze.
Provenance:
To 1902
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1902 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1]
See Original Pottery List, L. 1192, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
Curatorial Remarks, Louise A. Cort, 1986: The List recorded a memorandum from Bunkio Matsuki: "Comes from old family of Kagoshima in Province of Satsuma."
[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 Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)