Medium:

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 18.9 × 8.1 cm (7 7/16 × 3 3/16 in)

Style:

Tamba ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Tachikui, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Sake bottle (tokkuri [JPN]). Flat base, slightly concave.

Clay: hard, grayish-brown on surface.

Glaze: White slip, stained in areas to pinkish-fawn, under clear glaze. 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. 1912 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1367, 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)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1905.54

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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