H x W x D: 21.5 x 16 x 16 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in)
Style:
Sanage ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Sanage kiln group, Aichi prefecture, Japan
Date:
780-860
Period:
Nara period or Heian period
Description:
Long-necked bottle (chokeihei) (^j^)
Clay: fine-grained stoneware, light gray.
Glaze: narrow strip of olive green ash glaze deposited naturally in the course of firing on the forward-facing surfaces of the flask, including the interior of the neck, the rim and exterior of the neck, the shoulder and body, and the foot.
Decoration: none.
Mark: none.
Inscriptions:
1. (Louise A. Cort, 1985) The cedar box that accompanies this long-necked flask bears the following identification inscribed on the top of the lid by the Japanese collector who owned the piece in the early 1960s:
Konin doki (Konin earthenware) [square red seal]
chokei (long neck)
shizenyu ari (has natural glaze)
hei (flask).
Provenance:
Mary Louise O'Brien [1]
From 1985
Freer Gallery of Art., purchased at auction, Christie's, New York and Manson & Woods International, Inc., New York, March 21, 1985, lot no. 539 [2]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 6 in object record.
[2] See Note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)
