Tea caddy
Object Details
- Description
- Tea caddy (chaire), ovoid with flaring lip, lacquer repairs, ivory cover.
- Clay: medium stoneware fired reddish brown.
- Glaze: uneven greenish gray, fine crackle.
- Decoration: in iron pigment under the glaze, design of plants.
- Added Decoration: in iron pigment under the glaze, design of plants.
- Provenance
- To 1901
- R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [1]
- From 1901 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner in 1901 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 896, pg. 183, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [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
- R. Wagner (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
- 1596-1615
- Period
- Momoyama period
- Accession Number
- F1901.41a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron pigment under wood-ash glaze; lacquer repairs, ivory lid
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 5 × 7.1 cm (2 × 2 13/16 in)
- Style
- Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type
- Origin
- Saga prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- lacquer
- ceramic
- ivory
- Karatsu ware
- Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type
- Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
- tea
- iron pigment
- Japan
- stoneware
- wood-ash glaze
- Japanese Art
- lacquer repair
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1901.41a-b
