Object Details
Description
Buff clay, darkened on surface by use. Hand formed. Yellow ash glaze, crackled.
Provenance
To 1902
Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).
[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
Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)
Previous custodian or owner
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1840-1860
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1902.58
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with ash glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 9.5 × 8.4 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 in)
Origin
Owari Tokugawa garden kiln, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
tea
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1902.58