Tea bowl, unkaku type

Object Details

• Description

  Unkaku type green-glazed ware. Deep conical shape with low foot.

  Clay: reddish stoneware, medium texture.

  Glaze: glossy, cracked, celadon, oxidized to yellow in some areas, thick.

  Decoration: in white and black slip under glaze, sparsely distributed on interior (chrysanthemum "chains" on walls, square "seal" in bottom) and exterior (cranes and clouds).

• Marks

  Square "seal" on bottom

• 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, no. 206 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note, object file. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 313, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1. See also, Curatorial Remark 14, 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

  Korean Tea Bowls for Japan (July 1, 2012 to August 20, 2013)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Wakan (Waegwan) kiln, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1650s, 1630s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dana, Charles A.

• Place

  Wakan, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Topic

  Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Inlay (process), Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Green glaze, Stoneware, Korean Art, Busan ware, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)