Medium:

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze, and brown glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 26.9 × 20 cm (10 9/16 × 7 7/8 in)

Style:

Tamba ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Tachikui kilns, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Storage jar with matching lid.

Clay: hard, sonant.

Glaze: white slip under clear glaze, with thin blackish stains; roughened and blistered.

Inside glaze: brilliant, thin brown.

Provenance:

To 1907

Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1556, 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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

Previous custodian or owner:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1907.79a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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