Object Details
Description
Tea bowl, deep ovoidal; heavy foot notched in three places.
Clay: hard, gray, coarse-grained.
Glaze: white slip under clear glaze (kohiki technique); crackled. Fissured and pitted.
Provenance
To 1901
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing, Paris in 1901
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 951, 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
Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)
Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)
Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)
Previous custodian or owner
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
18th-19th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1901.72
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 9.6 × 11.5 cm (3 3/4 × 4 1/2 in)
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1901.72