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Medium:
Porcellaneous stoneware with lead glazes
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 8.4 x 11.9 cm (3 5/16 x 4 11/16 in)
Style:
Satsuma or Hirasa ware, bekko type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date:
1840-1860
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Tea bowl on high notched foot.
Clay: hard, off-white, coarse porcelain.
Glaze: glassy cream, crackled; overflow of dark purple, touched with light green, yellow, and black.
Provenance:
To 1902
Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1125, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 12, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).
[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:
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
Satsuma ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
tea  Search this
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stoneware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1902.60
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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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
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3086be74f-280c-441a-babf-c84fa24c84f6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1902.60