Artist:

Saka Koraizaemon X (1890-1958)  Search this

Medium:

Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam (overall): 4.8 x 7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/4 in)

Style:

Hagi ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

Date:

ca. 1943

Period:

Showa era

Provenance:

To ?

Unknown military officer stationed in Japan. [1]

To 1993

Andy and Jane Saylor, purchased at a sale of the collection of an unknown military officer stationed in Japan during the Occupation. [2]

From 1993

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Andy and Jane Saylor. [3]

Notes:

[1] Made around 1943. Andy Saylor purchased the object at a sale of the collection of a military officer who was in Japan during the Occupation. See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office, and Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See object record.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Andy Saylor

Mrs. Jane Saylor

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Hagi ware  Search this

tea  Search this

Showa era (1926 - 1989)  Search this

Japan  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Andy and Jane Saylor

Accession Number:

FSC-P-4123.6

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35af93128-1251-4da7-b3ed-2d921e0ff622

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-4123.6