Object Details
Description
Tea-bowl, small, cylindrical. Repairs of gold lacquer and wax.
Clay: hard, dense.
Glaze: thin, dull gray, crackled inside.
Decoration: inlaid with white paste, under glaze. Inlaid numeral.
Provenance
To 1901
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1]
See Pottery List, L. 1011, 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
Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics (August 23, 2013 to February 9, 2014)
Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)
Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1850-1890
Period
Edo period or Meiji era
Accession Number
F1901.121
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 8.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in)
Style
Yatsushiro ware
Origin
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Yatsushiro ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1901.121