Maiko-ware ewer with design of pine trees and sails

Object Details

• Description

  Jug, large, flat-bottomed; small handle. Pottery stopper, locked. Rumpled surface.

  Clay: hard, dense.

  Glaze: brilliant, blended browns, yellow, and light olive.

  Decoration: pine trees and boat sails in thick white slip under glaze.

• Label

  A distinctive feature of Maiko ware is the spattered iron-brown pigment under the glaze.

• Provenance

  1898

  Rufus E. Moore, 1898 [1]

  From 1898 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore, New York in 1898 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, 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

  Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Moore, Rufus E.

• Place

  Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

• Topic

  Pine tree, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Maiko ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)