Object Details
Description
Water jar, bulbous lower body, indented side, inturning lip. Lacquer repairs.
Clay: medium stoneware, fired brown.
Glaze: blue and green over white slip. Brown slip on lower body and base.
Decoration: in slip, using fingers and brush.
Provenance
1899
Rufus E. Moore, 1899 [1]
From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore, New York in 1899 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, 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
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1640-1670
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1899.40
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with white slip under copper-green rice-straw-ash glaze, brown slip; gold lacquer repairs
Dimensions
H x Diam: 16.7 × 18.4 cm (6 9/16 × 7 1/4 in)
Style
Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
Origin
Takeo Karatsu kilns, Takeo, Saga prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
lacquer
ceramic
Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
water
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
lacquer repair
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1899.40