Medium:

Stoneware with iron wash under iron glaze; gold lacquer repair

Dimensions:

H x W: 4.4 x 14.4 cm (1 3/4 x 5 11/16 in)

Style:

Shidoro ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

Date:

1700-1865

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Shallow bowl.

Gold lacquer repair, on rim chip. One side flattened.

Clay: hard, light gray, covered by thin iron wash. Three spur marks on foot.

Glaze: dark yellow and greenish-yellow where thick, dark red-brown where thin.

Provenance:

To 1911

Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in 1911 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2162, 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:

Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.375

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Data Source:

National Museum of Asian Art

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a1a3ca91-573d-4ad2-ad77-0cb1b7fc0cf7

EDAN-URL:

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