Medium:

Stoneware with iron and ash glazes

Dimensions:

H x W: 20.2 x 12.2 cm (7 15/16 x 4 13/16 in)

Style:

Possibly Agano or Takatori ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Date:

1800-1880

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Clay: dense, gray

Glaze, thin, metallic blackish-brown wash, overflow of yellow-brown glaze.

Provenance:

To 1902

Tozo Takayanagi, New York, NY, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

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

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1110, 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 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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

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Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

brown and black glaze  Search this

wood-ash glaze  Search this

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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.96

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

The Story of the Beautiful

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3779950f9-930a-4d27-9bc7-ce7c0796f5d7

EDAN-URL:

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