Medium:

Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 24.5 x 16.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in)

Style:

Hagi ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Fukawa kilns, Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Sake bottle with faceted sides.

Clay: hard, dense, grayish.

Glaze: brilliant blended cream, pink, gray, and blue; finely crackled; slightly iridescent. Rice-straw ash glaze.

Inscription on base, in ink.

Inscriptions:

Inscription on base, in ink.

Provenance:

To 1911

Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, in 1911 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2172, 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:

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

Previous custodian or owner:

Kita Toranosuke (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.385

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d3ae0ab9-a017-4310-9c4a-ea69a04cc00a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1911.385