Glaze: brilliant dark brick-red, clouded with gray and purplish-brown. Red Raku glaze (red slip under clear glaze) with areas of carbon stain.
Provenance:
To 1905
Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1445, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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:
Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)
Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
