Pewabic Jar

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Object Details

Description

American, 20th century, Early Pewabic

Bottle

Clay: dense

Glaze: mottled olive-green and brownish-red, with golden iridescence.

H: 7.0 cm W: 10.4 cm

(2-3/4" x 4-1/8")

Provenance

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, in 1917 [1]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See American Pottery List, R. 6536, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] 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

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

American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 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. 1917

Accession Number

F1917.436

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Vessel

Medium

Clay with iridescent glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 7 x 10.4 cm (2 3/4 x 4 1/8 in)

Style

Pewabic ware

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

iridescence

ceramic

Pewabic ware

United States

American Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

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