Medium:

Glazed clay

Dimensions:

H x Diam (overall): 3 x 9.4 cm (1 3/16 x 3 11/16 in)

Style:

Pewabic ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date:

ca. 1912

Description:

American, 20th century, Early Pewabic

Bowl, shallow, flaring. Broken and repaired

Clay: dense

Glaze: turquoise green, crackled, on the inside; outside, iridescent copper-red.

Provenance:

1912

Pewabic Pottery, 1912 [1]

From 1912 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Pewabic Pottery in 1912 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Object file.

[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:

American Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (December 11, 1976 to March 24, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner:

Pewabic Pottery (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1912.105

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e2587f06-27dc-4311-a735-81dd3c41d3b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1912.105