Stoneware with white slip under clear colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 18.1 × 8.2 cm (7 1/8 × 3 1/4 in)
Style:
Tamba ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Tachikui, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
Date:
late 19th century
Period:
Meiji era
Description:
Sake bottle (tokkuri [CHN]).
Clay: hard, fine-grained, grayish brown on surface.
Glaze: Outside: white slip under clear glaze. Inside: clear glaze only. Base unglazed.
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, no. 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1363, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 6, 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
Previous custodian or owner:
Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)
American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
