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    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

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f03bef1c-f216-4944-8c4e-9e3ecbe409b7

    Record ID

    fsg_F1908.255

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