Tea bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, ovoidal, with two sides compressed; bold basal ring. Seven spur-marks, inside. Gold lacquer repairs.

  Clay: hard, grayish, sonant, porcelain.

  Glaze: Clear glaze, appearing predominantly cream, merging with gray, tan, and faint green; close dark crackle. Glaze ends on base above foot except in one area where it covers top of foot.

• Provenance

  To 1896

  Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]

  From 1896 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 476, 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

• Exhibition History

  Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kimhae or Yangsan, Eastern Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1550s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Yangsan, Eastern Gyeongsangnam-do province, Kimhae, Korea

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, Lacquer repair, Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics, Unvitrified porcelain

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)