Serving bowl in style of Chinese celadon, probably Shodai ware

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: dense, gray. Dark brown on surface.

  Glaze: greenish-gray, tinged with brown, crackled; inside: a "pond" of deep transparent green, crackled.

  Decoration: incised in paste. Two floral sprays and vinescroll band, on outside. Underglaze iron band on rim.

• Provenance

  To 1897

  Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]

  From 1898 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 309, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1. This object appears to have been listed as No. 28 in the Dana Collection sale catalogue (according to Curatorial Remark 12, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record).

  [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

  James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dana, Charles A.

• Place

  Japan, Kumamoto prefecture

• Topic

  Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Lacquer repair, White slip, Stoneware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Lacquer, Shodai ware, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)