Medium:

Stoneware

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 26.9 × 15.2 cm (10 9/16 × 6 in)

Style:

Iga ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Mie prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 19th century

Period:

Meiji era

Description:

Jar: rude, irregular cylinder.

Clay: coarse, grayish.

Glaze: mottled brown, olive, and cream-white. Probably paint rather than glaze.

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 spring 1907 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1573, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1907.95

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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