Object Details
Description
Light gray clay, brown on surface, stained under glaze. Two sculpted handles. Large swags of thick iron slip, poured onto inverted vessel, producing green tint where iron has dissolved into ash glaze; ash glaze, taking on yellowish tonality from stained body, is greenish where thick, crackled. Base glazed inside foot; Shino-type feldspathic glaze. Gold lacquer repairs to vertical firing cracks; chips on handles and lip.
Provenance
To 1898
Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]
From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 49, 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
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
1680-1700
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1898.2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs
Dimensions
H x W x D: 19.4 x 20.1 x 20.1 cm (7 5/8 x 7 15/16 x 7 15/16 in)
Style
Ofuke-related ware
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
lacquer
ceramic
Ofuke ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
water
tea
Japan
stoneware
slip
Japanese Art
lacquer repair
Charles Lang Freer collection
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Record ID
fsg_F1898.2