Artist:

Fushimi Koemon  Search this

Medium:

Unglazed earthenware

Dimensions:

H x W: 15.6 x 20.3 cm (6 1/8 x 8 in)

Style:

Fushimi ware

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto-fu, Japan

Date:

18th-19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Clay: dense, reddish-brown, blackened on surface.

Glaze: ungalzed.

Signature incised on base.

Signatures:

Signature; Koemon, incised on base.

Provenance:

To 1903

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1903 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1248, 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:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Fushimi ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Japan  Search this

earthenware  Search this

unglazed  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1903.222

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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