Object Details
Artist
Style of Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77)
Description
Tea caddy (chaire [Jpn])
Ivory cover. String-cut base.
Clay: dense, gray-white.
Glaze: clear, crackled, over purplish/ iron wash; splash overflow of clear, appearing whitish.
Decoration: dense vertical brush strokes on shoulder, broad band around neck, in iron under glaze.
Provenance
To 1901
R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 897, 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
Previous custodian or owner
R. Wagner (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
19th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1901.42a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with iron decoration under wood-ash glaze; ivory lid
Dimensions
H x Diam: 5.6 × 6.3 cm (2 3/16 × 2 1/2 in)
Style
Kyoto ware
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
ivory
Kyoto ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1901.42a-b