Tea bowl, possibly Agano ware

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At A Glance

  • Period

    1620-1650
  • Geography

    Saga or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
  • Material

    Stoneware with white slip under wood-ash glaze
  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 8.4 × 14.8 cm (3 5/16 × 5 13/16 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1898.63
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1898.63

Object Details

  • Description

    Tea bowl, goki shape, on high spreading foot. Gold lacquer repair.
    Clay: medium, fired grayish brown. Fine purplish cream color.
    Glaze: thin, transparent, fine crackle. Covers most of foot. Five shijimi shell spurmarks on footim.
    Decoration: brushed slip under the glaze.
  • Provenance

    To 1898
    Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]
    From 1898 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & 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. 557, 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
  • Exhibition History

    Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
    Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)
    Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to November 13, 1995)
    Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)
  • Previous custodian or owner

    Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
  • Origin

    Saga or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Type

    Vessel
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