Bottle
Object Details
- Description
- Bottle, bulbous ovoidal form; flattened shoulder and short slender neck
- Clay: fine, fired reddish brown.
- Glaze: lustrous, mottled brown and black, yellow splashes.
- Impressed mark.
- Marks
- Impressed mark
- Provenance
- To 1905
- Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]
- From 1905 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1344, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, June 17, 2008, in the object record.
- [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
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)
- American Art Association (established 1883) (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
- 18th-19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1905.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with slip glaze and ash speckles
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 14.9 × 10.7 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/16 in)
- Style
- Bizen ware, Imbe type
- Origin
- Imbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Story of the Beautiful
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Bizen ware
- Bizen ware, Imbe type
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1905.31
