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Side-handled teapot with design of autumn grasses

Medium:: Buff clay with iron glaze and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze

Dimensions:: H x W x D (overall): 6.9 x 15.1 x 15.7 cm (2 11/16 x 5 15/16 x 6 3/16 in)

Description:: Clay: hard, whitish; Raku-type earthenware.; Glaze: brilliant seal-brown and cream; the latter crackled and slightly iridescent. Lead glazes.; Decoration: in brown under glaze: bush clover and pampas grass.; Signature: Kenya; One of a set: F1904.429.1-8.

Provenance:: To 1904; Kosa Honma (1842-1909), to 1904 [1]; From 1904 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Kosa Honma in 1904 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 131, 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.

Exhibition History:: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006); The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

Previous custodian or owner:: Honma Kosa (1842-1909) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection