Object Details
- Description
- Recessed foot unglazed; lacquer repairs.
- Clay: medium stoneware, fired red where unglazed.
- Glaze: mottled brownish gray; areas of small crackle.
- Decoration: grasses boldly painted in iron brown under glaze.
- Provenance
- Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]
- To 1900
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [2]
- From 1900 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1900 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remarks, H. E. Buckman, 1964: The Envelope File, which has now been destroyed, contained the following note: "A rare specimen; from the Ikeda Collection."
- [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 666, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] 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
- Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1596-1615
- Period
- Momoyama period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron pigment under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 8.8 × 10.6 cm (3 7/16 × 4 3/16 in)
- Style
- Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type
- Type
- Vessel
