Object Details
Description
Eyelet finial and eyelet handle. Molded decor on outside.
Clay: soft, buff.
Glaze: outside - roughened black and brown, touched with gold; inside - clear glaze appearing slightly gray where thick.
Decoration: inside - in gold, green, and blue enamel, over glaze; on bottom, paulownia vinescroll motif; on lid, scattered chrysanthemums.
Provenance
To 1902
Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902, no. 109 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1122, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).
This piece was listed as no. 109 in the 1902 sale catalogue for the Colman Collection (see Curatorial Remark 5, L.A. Cort, 1986, 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
Previous custodian or owner
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
19th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1902.57a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Container
Medium
Stoneware with clear glaze, overglaze enamels, and gold leaf
Dimensions
H x W x D (assembled): 8.8 × 7.8 × 5.9 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in)
Style
Kyoto ware, Ko-Kiyomizu style
Origin
Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Kiyomizu ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
incense
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1902.57a-b