Object Details
Artist
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961)
Description
Bottle, tall
Clay: fairly soft
Glaze: mottled violet and violet-gray; iridescent
Provenance
To 1908
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961), Detroit, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See American Pottery List, R. 5534, L. 2285, 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
Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)
Painting with Fire (October 21, 2018 to July 7, 2019)
Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
American Painting: To Dream of Fair Women (September 24, 1982 to February 29, 1984)
Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)
American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)
Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)
Previous custodian or owner
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
ca. 1908
Accession Number
F1908.255
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Clay with iridescent glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 38.4 x 16.1 cm (15 1/8 x 6 5/16 in)
Style
Pewabic ware
Origin
Detroit, Michigan, United States
On View
East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), Gallery 26: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art
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National Museum of Asian Art
Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
iridescence
ceramic
Pewabic ware
United States
American Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1908.255