Jar

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Object Details

Artist

Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961)

Description

Jar

Clay: dense, fairly hard

Clay: rose-red, with violet overflow; golden iridescence.

Provenance

To 1914

Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, to 1914 [1]

From 1914 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery in 1914 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Object file. Present location of voucher unknown.

[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

Dewing’s Poetic World (November 27, 2019 to May 29, 2022)

Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)

American Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (December 11, 1976 to March 24, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner

Pewabic Pottery (established 1903) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

ca. 1914

Accession Number

F1914.118

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Earthenware with luster glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam (overall): 13.4 x 11.3 cm (5 1/4 x 4 7/16 in)

Style

Pewabic ware

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

iridescence

ceramic

Pewabic ware

United States

earthenware

American Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage