Object Details
- Description
- Buff clay, darkened on surface by use. On lower wall, underglaze iron painted decoration of two clusters of schematized grass motifs, partially obscured by glaze. Feldspathic glaze of irregular thickness; stained brown in crackles. Base and foot unglazed.
- Provenance
- To 1897
- Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1897 [1]
- From 1897 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1897 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 392, 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
- Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1800-1868
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron pigment under feldspathic glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.9 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in)
- Style
- Seto ware, Revival Shino type
- Type
- Vessel
