Bowl
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Period
late 14th-early 15th century -
Geography
Possibly Chungcheongnam-do province, Korea -
Material
Stoneware with wood-ash glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 7.8 × 17 cm (3 1/16 × 6 11/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1897.86 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1897.86
Object Details
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Description
Flaring-ovoidal; heavy foot. Restoration at lip. Four spur marks inside, traces of four spurs on foot.Clay: coarse, hard, ringing; brick red.Glaze: lustrous grayish-brown, some mottling. Foot glazed. -
Provenance
Prince of Kaga Collection, Kanazawa, Japan [1]To 1897Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [2]From 1897 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] This is one of ten tea bowls (F1897.81 - F1897.90) acquired as a group from the former collection of the "Prince of Kaga." presumably the last headof the Maeda house, the daimyo family that had served as feudal lords of Kaga Province (now part of Ishikawa prefecture, centering around the castle town of Kanazawa) since the beginning of the 17th century (see Curatorial Remark 4, Louise Cort, 1982, in the object record, as well as F1897.89a-c, Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, September 1982).[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 688, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[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
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016) -
Previous custodian or owner
Maeda daimyo of KagaYamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Possibly Chungcheongnam-do province, Korea -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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