Object Details
Description
Tea bowl, deep cylindrical-ovoidal; small bold foot.
Clay: white porcelain
Glaze: thin, transparent; pitted and stained with brown; stops well short of foot and runs in spots and streaks.
Decoration: painted in red-brown under glaze; single spray of orchid-like flower
Provenance
To 1901
Yamanaka & Company, 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] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1050, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)
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
1630-1650
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1901.150
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain with iron decoration under colorless glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.9 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in)
Style
Arita ware
Origin
Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Arita ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
tea
Japan
porcelain
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1901.150