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Yatsushiro ware tea cup with Korean-style decoration

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    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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    National Museum of Asian Art

    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

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3dc92c0f1-8cab-4c02-8ffb-fe57a988c0ab

    Record ID

    fsg_F1901.121

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