Container with frog at rim
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Period
1770-1827 -
Geography
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with copper-green glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 10.8 × 6.1 cm (4 1/4 × 2 3/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.446a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.446a-b
Object Details
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Artist
Kato Buemon (Shun'u) (died 1827) -
Description
Light gray clay, darkened on surface by use. Potter's mark on base to right. Clear ash glaze under copper-green (rusu) glaze streaked with bluish white, forming thick welt just above base. Clear glaze on inside. Relief figure of tiny frog climbing over rim. With ivory lid. -
Marks
Potter's mark, "Shun'u," without frame, impressed on base to right. -
Provenance
To 1898Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Japanese Trading Company in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 739, 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
Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Container -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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