Medium:

Stoneware with ash glaze

Dimensions:

W: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in)

Style:

Mino ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Mutabora kiln site, Ogaya, Tajimi, Gifu prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 16th century

Period:

Momoyama period

Provenance:

To 1972

John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Mutabora kiln site. [1]

From 1972

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

Notes:

[1] Collected at the kiln site behind the studio and home of potter, Arakawa Toyozo. See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office. See also Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

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Credit Line:

Gift of John A. Pope

Accession Number:

FSC-P-3128

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34a97127d-4459-457c-93fc-5108fc5fe6a5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-3128