Tea bowl, named Shoki

Object Details

• Description

  Deep ovoidal; bold foot.Gold lacquer repairs. Named Shoki. Attachments of kiln slag.

  Clay: hard, gray-white.

  Glaze: gray yellow-brown; fine dark crackle. Ash glaze, well fused. Foot glazed; five large clay spur marks.

• Provenance

  To 1898

  Yamanaka and Company, to 1898 [1]

  From 1898 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka and Company in 1898 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 458, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

  [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

  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

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

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Wakan (Waegwan) kiln, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1650s, 1630s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Wakan, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, Stoneware, Korean Art, Busan ware

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes