Body sherd
Object Details
- Description
- Blue and white, body sherd, fragment, creme white.
- Clay: white porcelain.
- Glaze: clear glaze with cobalt pigment.
- Decoration: clear glaze with cobalt blue pigment. Slag adhered to interior.
- Provenance
- To 1968
- John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Taku Oyama kiln site. [1]
- From 1968
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1690-1750
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- FSC-P-1547
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Style
- Arita ware
- Origin
- Taku Oyama kiln, Taku, Saga prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Arita ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Japan
- porcelain
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-P-1547
