Medium:

Stoneware with slip and wood-ash glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 11.4 x 11.4 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in)

Style:

Bizen ware, Imbe type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Imbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Bottle, spherical, with short neck and small trumpet lip. Wood stand.

Clay: fine, fired reddish-brown.

Glaze: lustrous, mottled reddish to blackish brown, yellow spots.

Impressed mark.

Marks:

Impressed mark.

Provenance:

To 1909

Mr. D. J. Ushikubo, New York, NY, to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. D. J. Ushikubo in 1909 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2055, 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:

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:

D. J. Ushikubo (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.372

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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