Object Details
Artist
Kato Buemon (Shun'u) (died 1827)
Description
Light gray clay, darkened on surface by use. Potter's mark on base to right. Clear ash glaze under copper-green (rusu) glaze streaked with bluish white, forming thick welt just above base. Clear glaze on inside. Relief figure of tiny frog climbing over rim. With ivory lid.
Marks
Potter's mark, "Shun'u," without frame, impressed on base to right.
Provenance
To 1898
Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1898 [1]
From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Japanese Trading Company in 1898 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 739, 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
Previous custodian or owner
Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1770-1827
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1898.446a-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Container
Medium
Stoneware with copper-green glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 10.8 × 6.1 cm (4 1/4 × 2 3/8 in)
Style
Seto ware
Origin
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Seto ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
frog
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1898.446a-b