Serving bowl, possibly Hagi ware
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Period
19th century -
Geography
Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 8 × 14.7 cm (3 1/8 × 5 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1897.56 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1897.56
Object Details
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Description
Serving bowl (hachi [Jpn]) with low broad foot.Clay: hard, resonant, gray-white.Glaze: clear, pale blue where thick; slip crackled and pitted. Foot and footrim glazed. Two concentric rings incised through glaze in bottom. -
Provenance
To 1897Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]From 1897 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 533, 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
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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