Jar, large, globular, with short neck and everted lip; 4 loop handles.
Clay: fine, fired reddish brown.
Glaze: lustrous, mottled black, reddish brown and olive, yellow spots.
Impressed mark.
Marks:
Impressed mark
Provenance:
To 1905
Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1347, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, June 17, 2008, 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
Exhibition History:
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:
Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)
American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
