Hand-formed tea bowl, possibly Kyushu-related ware
Object Details
- Description
- Tea bowl formed by hand. Bowl, rudely shaped ovoidal; rough foot.
- Clay: dense, reddish-brown stoneware.
- Glaze: brownish-green; under the glaze, white slip around rim inside and out.
- Provenance
- To 1898
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]
- From 1898 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 545, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
- [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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- late 18th-19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1898.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with white slip under iron glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 8.5 × 12.4 cm (3 3/8 × 4 7/8 in)
- Style
- Possibly Kyushu-related ware
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- brown and black glaze
- white slip
- Japanese Art
- Kyushu-related ware
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1898.24
