Object Details
Description
Tea-bowl, inverted bell shape; low foot. Gold lacquer repairs.
Clay: dense, light, gray. Some pink spotting around rim.
Glaze: brilliant; buff with minute fish-roe crackle; band of red-brown tea stain on inside.
Decoration: inlaid in white and black under glaze; cranes, scattered floral and cloud motifs; band of foliate hexagons around rim.
Provenance
To 1901
Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1048, 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
Exhibition History
Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics (August 23, 2013 to February 9, 2014)
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
Date
early 19th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1901.149
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with black and white slips inlaid under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 7.9 x 12.1 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in)
Style
Kyoto ware
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
inlay (process)
ceramic
crane
flower
Kyoto ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
tortoise
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1901.149