Object Details
Artist
Eiraku Hozen 永楽保全 (1795-1854)
Description
a: Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi); b: lacquered wooden lid.
Cylindrical, lacquer cover.
Clay: soft, light brown, stained on base with iron-oxide
Glaze: brilliant yellow, lightly crackled, with green on lip; interior - cream-white, crackled
Decoration: in gray under glaze, green, violet-gray, and red over glaze.
Seal. Eiraku, impressed on base.
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. 97, 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
Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)
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
1827-1843
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1898.489a-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Vessel
Medium
Pottery with cobalt pigment under opaque white feldspathic glaze and enamels over glaze; lacquered wooden lid
Dimensions
H x Diam: 17.8 × 17.9 cm (7 × 7 1/16 in)
Style
Kyoto ware
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
lacquer
ceramic
Kyoto ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
water
tea
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1898.489a-b