Object Details
- Description
- Light gray clay, dark brown on surface, with stripe of orange oxidation. String-cut base. Iron glaze, ranging from dark molasses to opaque rust brown; individual spots of light brown ash glaze on shoulder, running down body on side exposed to highest temperature during firing. Inside glazed. Dark lacquer repairs on rim.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 1093, 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.
- [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
- 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
- 1625-1675
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 7.8 × 6.4 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/2 in)
- Style
- Seto ware
- Type
- Vessel
